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Dnia 2014-12-09, o godz. 16:49:24 |
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"Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> napisał(a): |
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> Am Dienstag 09 Dezember 2014, 00:46:28 schrieb Michał Górny: |
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> > 2. Convert <herd/> to <maintainer type="herd"/>, |
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> Could any <person type="developer"/> please explain to me why this additional |
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> xmlfication is of any <improvement type="nonzero"/>? |
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> As far as I know the typical way to edit metadata.xml files for all of us is |
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> still by hand in a text editor, and I prefer a lot typing |
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> <herd>kde</herd> |
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> over |
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> <maintainer type="herd">kde</maintainer> |
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<maintainer type="herd"> |
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<email>kde@g.o</email> |
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<name>Lovely KDE herd</name> |
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</maintainer> |
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to be more precise. |
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This was already explained in my previous thread. Because: |
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1. valid <email/> is much more useful than semi-ambiguous <herd/>, |
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2. bug assignment in order is simpler than magical rules like |
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'maintainer first, herd second unless description says otherwise', |
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3. herds.xml is global, metadata.xml is per-repo. |
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Many of us *read* metadata.xml via cat or simple text editor, and don't |
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want to be forced to use slow tools like 'equery' to make |
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semi-meaningful output out of it. And I believe reading happens much |
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more often than writing. |
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That said, vim starts with useful template for metadata.xml. It's easy |
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to copy <maintainer/> element and fill in different e-mail addresses. |
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I'd honestly drop the whole type="" but a few developers insist on |
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keeping the extra disambiguation. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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