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From:	"Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To:	"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
Cc:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: VCS element in metadata.xml
Date:	Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:57:30
Message-Id:	`20161012185030.3e1a4411.mgorny@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] RFC: VCS element in metadata.xml by "Robin H. Johnson"

1	On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:44:39 -0700
2	"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
3
4	> For projects where no consistent remote-id is available yet, make it possible
5	> to track where the source is available. The element may appear multiple times,
6	> but values must be unique.
7	>
8	> <vcs>git://git.gentoo.org/proj/genkernel.git</vcs>
9	> <vcs>https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/genkernel.git/</vcs>
10
11	The second form is ambiguous, as it doesn't declare the VCS
12	in question. To follow a precedence, I suggest using the format from
13	repositories.xml.
14
15	Furthermore, you are missing the most important part -- patch for
16	GLEP 68.
17
18	--
19	Best regards,
20	Michał Górny
21	<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>