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OK; just to clarify my understanding, and perhaps for anyone else |
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watching who saw things as muddled as I did: |
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1) A herd is a group of packages, no more, no less. A package must be a |
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member of at least one herd (since the herd entry is mandatory in |
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metadata.xml, and metadata.xml is mandatory). |
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2) A package can belong to more than one herd. |
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3) A herd does not have an email address - it's not a person or group |
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of people so an email address is nonsensical. |
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4) In the first instance, a package is maintained by those listed by |
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maintainer entries in the package's metadata.xml |
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5) In the second instance, a package is maintained by the people |
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indicated by the package's herd entry or entries |
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at /gentoo/misc/herds.xml |
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6) The herd entry may specify directly a list of maintainers with |
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optional roles, or may refer to projects or other herds to locate |
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maintainers. |
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Another way of looking at it; herds are a mechanism for locating |
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maintainers for packages. |
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Seems simple enough when written out like that - flame me if I have |
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it wrong :) |
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Kevin F. Quinn |
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