From: | Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> | ||
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To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] invalid <herd> in metadata.xml | ||
Date: | Thu, 10 May 2007 22:34:26 | ||
Message-Id: | 200705110027.36255.bangert@gentoo.org | ||
In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] invalid |
1 | Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> said: |
2 | > Thilo Bangert wrote: |
3 | > > All packages with <herd>maintainer-needed</herd> will be moved to |
4 | > > <herd>no-herd</herd>. |
5 | > |
6 | > maintainer-needed is different from no-herd. no-herd is valid when a |
7 | > dev is maintaining a pkg outside of a herd. no-herd is not valid for |
8 | > when the package is entirely unmaintained, maintainer-needed would be a |
9 | > better tag for it. I would not make that change. |
10 | |
11 | if that were so, we would need to document it. |
12 | from my reading of the current policies[1,2,3] <herd> is required and |
13 | either no-herd or in herds.xml, no-herd only being allowed if no herd |
14 | fits. |
15 | |
16 | > |
17 | > I tried to fix up your list and |
18 | |
19 | thanks |
20 | |
21 | > found a handful of the packages not |
22 | > even in existence in the tree. Can you re-run this with a fully up to |
23 | > date tree? |
24 | |
25 | funny - so why would cvs up not be enough? which packages? i was able to |
26 | find all packages on packages.gentoo.org |
27 | |
28 | thanks |
29 | |
30 | [1]http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/index.html |
31 | [2]http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure/herds/index.xml |
32 | [3]http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=4 |
Subject | Author |
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Re: [gentoo-dev] invalid <herd> in metadata.xml | Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o> |