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On 30-09-2009 17:36:47 +0200, Sebastian Pipping wrote: |
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> Tiziano Müller wrote: |
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> > Am Montag, den 28.09.2009, 20:23 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Pipping: |
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> >> repositories.xml |
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> >> ===================================================================== |
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> >> <repo |
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> >> name="sping" |
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> >> quality="experimental" |
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> >> status="unofficial"> |
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> >> <description>Gentoo overlay of Sebastian Pipping</description> |
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> >> <homepage>http://git.goodpoint.de/?p=overlay-sping.git</homepage> |
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> >> <owner type="person"> |
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> >> <email>sebastian@×××××××.org</email> |
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> >> <name>Sebastian Pipping</name> |
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> >> </owner> |
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> >> <source type="git">git://git.goodpoint.de/overlay-sping.git</source> |
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> >> <feed>http://git.goodpoint.de/?p=overlay-sping.git.git;a=atom</feed> |
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> >> </repo> |
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> >> ===================================================================== |
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> > |
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> > What is the reason that "name" is an attribute? While quality, status |
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> > and type have a distinct set of allowed values, name doesn't and I'd |
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> > therefore set it as an element instead. |
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> |
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> I don't see value in that change and I like name as it is. |
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Point remains that it looks in-consistant, for repo, name is an |
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attribute, while for owner it is a sub-element. Why having attributes |
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in the first place anyway? |
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It's XML, so it may be extremely annoying to parse/use. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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