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On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 20:28:33 +0100 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 19:26:15 +0100 |
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> > Davide Pesavento <pesa@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> So I guess we could use the following form when SLOTs are needed: |
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> >> <pkg>media-libs/gstreamer</pkg>:1.0 |
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> >> ? |
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> > Prolly. |
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> > Just to be clear, I have no clue what the original use of <pkg/> |
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> > was and what the final outcome of this will be. This thread was |
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> > established mostly in order to determine that. I'd wait for ulm to |
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> > turn up and have some suggestions ;-). |
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> :) |
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> No idea what the original purpose was, but <pkg> and <cat> are |
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> specified in GLEP 56 [1]: |
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> - Each <flag> XML tag allows 0 or more nested <pkg> XML tags whose |
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> character data is a valid CP or CPV as defined by the Gentoo |
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> Development Manual - Ebuild File Format [2]. |
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> - Each <flag> XML tag allows 0 or more nested <cat> XML tags whose |
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> character data is a valid category. |
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> So looks like a version is allowed, but not a slot. |
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> CCing Cardoe. What was the original intention behind <pkg> and <cat>? |
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I would suggest we avoid using the 'CPV' syntax, and either allow only |
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qualified package names or any package dependency specifications. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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