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Hi @ all, |
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I'd like to have some feedback on an idea that stuck to my mind for some |
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time already: |
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Currently, we (should) have one metadata.xml file per package (8635 in |
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the whole tree). This is quite handy if you want to look up information |
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about a package you know by name. |
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On the other hand, if you want to search for a package name via |
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metadata, you have to traverse the whole tree. Quite unhandy if done w/o |
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a cache and not yet implemented AFAIK. |
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I would like to propose the following changes: |
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Let's keep the metadata.xml in each package's directory in _CVS only_. |
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Don't propagate them via rsync. Instead, use a script to compile all |
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metadata.xml files into one central (XML) file. (This would probably |
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need slight changes to the DTD). This file would then be placed into |
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gentoo-portage/metadata/ and Portage,devs and users could easily parse it. |
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TIA for any feedback on this! |
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PS: Ciaran: Leave me alive please ;-) |
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PPS: Yes, I'd volounteer to write that compilation script. |
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Danny |
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Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o> |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Project, Gentoo Scientific Project |
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