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| From: | Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> | ||
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| To: | Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/1] glep-0068: Add notes element for package maintenance instructions | ||
| Date: | Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:10:19 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAJ0EP42bBVJaxDR8988gcdVyrnNr7RttEAt=dbg+nNtoBCf=MQ@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/1] glep-0068: Add notes element for package maintenance instructions by Sam James |
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| 1 | On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 2:27 PM Sam James <sam@g.o> wrote: |
| 2 | > |
| 3 | > This adds a new '<notes/>' element to allow maintainers to describe |
| 4 | > package-specific quirks or other instructions on how to correctly |
| 5 | > maintain a package. This is intended to encourage developers to document |
| 6 | > knowledge and increase the bus-factor of packages which are delicate |
| 7 | > but must live beyond a maintainer. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Personally, I am much more likely to notice a comment at the top of |
| 10 | the ebuild than a new element in metadata.xml. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/1] glep-0068: Add notes element for package maintenance instructions | "Wolfgang E. Sanyer" <wolfgangesanyer@×××××.com> |