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From: "Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <hkBst@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Forbid using versions in DESCRIPTION
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:51:35
Message-Id: 46A5E634.3030903@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Forbid using versions in DESCRIPTION by Christian Faulhammer
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4 Christian Faulhammer wrote:
5 > Petteri R�ty <betelgeuse@g.o>:
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7 >> I did see anything in devmanual taking a stance on this issue:
8 >> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html
9 >> What do you think about adding a sentence or two saying that you
10 >> should not use version numbers in DESCRIPTION? This could even be
11 >> added to repoman.
12 >
13 > Is this iussue that grave, that we repoman needs to whine about it?
14 > What is the issue with it (apart from p.g.o, eix and friends not
15 > displaying correct information) exactly?
16 >
17 > V-Li
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19 Perhaps we should just move DESCRIPTIONs to metadata. That would make it
20 impossible to use ${PV} and more importantly also remove some duplication.
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22 Marijn
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