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From: Mike Doty <kingtaco@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] missing <herd> tag in metadata.xml
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:48:49
Message-Id: 46433E31.4070107@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] missing tag in metadata.xml by Thilo Bangert
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4 Thilo Bangert wrote:
5 > The metadata cleanup continues...
6 >
7 > A list of 427 packages found at
8 >
9 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~bangert/herd-metadata-check.log
10 >
11 > do not have the required <herd> tag in their metadata.xml[1].
12 >
13 > Is it reasonable to simply add the <herd>no-herd</herd> or should perhaps
14 > the policy be relaxed, such that a missing <herd> tag is equivalent with
15 > <herd>no-herd</herd>?
16 >
17 > kind regards
18 > Thilo
19 >
20 > [1] Gentoo Development Guide - Package and Category metadata.xml
21 > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata/index.html
22 iirc there was a flamewar about this a while ago. you should look at
23 the archives to see what people decided.
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