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From: Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] missing <herd> tag in metadata.xml
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:43:44
Message-Id: 200705101738.42962.bangert@gentoo.org
1 The metadata cleanup continues...
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3 A list of 427 packages found at
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5 http://dev.gentoo.org/~bangert/herd-metadata-check.log
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7 do not have the required <herd> tag in their metadata.xml[1].
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9 Is it reasonable to simply add the <herd>no-herd</herd> or should perhaps
10 the policy be relaxed, such that a missing <herd> tag is equivalent with
11 <herd>no-herd</herd>?
12
13 kind regards
14 Thilo
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16 [1] Gentoo Development Guide - Package and Category metadata.xml
17 http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/index.html

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