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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: glep@g.o, Sam James <sam@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/1] Add 'notes' element to metadata.xml (GLEP 68)
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:09:58
Message-Id: db3cd04b053663c3d3c66d0b0ad78292a2b6fb93.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/1] Add 'notes' element to metadata.xml (GLEP 68) by Sam James
1 On Tue, 2021-10-05 at 19:27 +0100, Sam James wrote:
2 > This is a preliminary version/draft of a proposed change to
3 > GLEP 68.
4 >
5 > I'd like to introduce a method for developers to signal anything
6 > special about a package and how to correctly maintain it.
7 >
8 > Sam James (1):
9 > glep-0068: Add notes element for package maintenance instructions
10 >
11 > glep-0068.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
12 > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
13 >
14
15 To be honest, I don't think adding it to metadata.xml is a good idea.
16 This is not something that's going to be machine-parseable,
17 and expecting people to look into metadata.xml to see if it's even
18 present is a bit much.
19
20 Maybe we could just add README files to the package directories
21 in question. This would have the clear advantage that the files will be
22 immediately visible.
23
24 --
25 Best regards,
26 Michał Górny

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