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On Sun, 08 Feb 2015 11:53:39 -0500 Brian Evans wrote: |
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> On 02/08/2015 05:17 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: |
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> > Hello |
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> > Many times has raised the question about how we could handle those |
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> > packages (like icon packs, wallpapers...) that are not arch |
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> > dependent and, then, could be stabilized all at the same time by |
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> > the first arch team that is going to stabilize it. |
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> > Some months ago it was suggested that this packages could have a |
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> > KEYWORD with a value like "~arch" for example that could indicate |
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> > this situation: |
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> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/283020 |
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> > But it was shown that it would be difficult to make it work |
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> > properly at PM level. |
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> > Then, I was wondering if we could handle this simply by having: - A |
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> > new keyword for bugzilla like "STABLEREQALL" to easily allow arch |
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> > teams to filter this kind of packages and handle them in this |
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> > "special way" - A new key for metadata.xml files to specify there |
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> > that the package can be handled in that way. |
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> > What do you think about this? It wouldn't need any change at PM |
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> > level and, then, it should be easy to do. |
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> I would like to see packages with PHP scripts (only) be included with |
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> such a proposal. i.e. dev-php/PEAR-* . They are only text files which |
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> may only rely on dev-lang/php USE which are simple to detect with |
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> repoman failures. |
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This is way too dangerous. Perl packages are also text files, but |
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there was a case in history, when perl package was working only on |
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specific architecture. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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