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On Monday 25 May 2009, Ben de Groot wrote: |
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> Robert Buchholz wrote: |
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> > If we use repo_name as the overlay identifier, we must rethink how |
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> > layman-global.txt is currently handled. Many overlays in there have |
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> > that file missing, and some have different identifiers than what |
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> > layman displays as their name. |
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> I think layman should simply start to use the repo_name as |
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> identifier. That should result in less confusion, I'd think. Overlays |
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> that miss the repo_name file are broken and should be fixed, and |
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> should be ignored until they are. |
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Unfortunately, that value is not known until the repository is checked |
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out. Doing that on every "list" operation would be too much overhead. |
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We do need a script to verify the layman list, nevertheless. |
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(Don't look at me for this! :-) |
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Robert |
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