Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC GLEP 1005: Package Tags

[Alec Warner]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 23:48:06 +0000
> hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
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> > Alec Warner:
> > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Package_Tags
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> > > Object or forever hold your peace.
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> > > Or argue for 100 posts, either way.
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> > Sounds good, but how do we get consistency in there? I mean... this
> > only works if we have some sort of consensus about tag names, at least
> > more common ones.
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> By aggregating a global list of tag names; that way, when you tag a
> package you can look for tags on the global list that apply to it, and
> if it happens two different ways to name something were brought up you
> can also discuss it with one another. I don't think the inconsistency
> would become of a size to be concerned about; but yes, at the very
> least we need to watch out in the beginning to not let it happen...
>
> Though, choosing the right tag naming early on might be a need for
> this to succeed; maybe we can brainstorm some examples of how packages
> would be tagged, to get an idea about it.
>

This is basically the same problem with USE flags. Personally I also
dislike global USE flags on multiple levels, so I'm not entirely interested
in tag consistency. That being said, I wouldn't object to such a feature
very strongly. I don't consider it a blocker to GLEP adoption, merely a
concern that we can address later.

-A

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