Re: [gentoo-dev] Documentation explaining metadata.xml to users wrt bugs?

[Georgi Georgiev]

maillog: 01/05/2004-19:20:02(+0200): Sven Vermeulen types
> On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 11:01:52AM -0600, Jason Wever wrote:
> > I'm wondering if there is a resource to help explain to users
> > the purpose of the metadata.xml files, particularly with finding the
> > proper maintainer for a package.  In the case of filing bug reports, this
> > could help a lot and help ease the load on bug-wranglers.  If there is one
> > and I've managed to miss it, feel free to thwap me with a cluestick.
>
> There is one geared towards developers [1], but it can always be extended to
> have a short introduction for the user as well.

Isn't that asking too much from the user?

Maybe there can be a way to automate the process. It should be as simple as
asking the user to supply the full package name in an easily parsable format.
Looking up the maintainer is a machine's job, and a job that a machine can do
well. As for how to do it... a script parsing the mail of bug-wranglers should
suffice.

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