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On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 07:28 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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> 2. Are metadata.xml files a requirement for categories? There are |
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> a few categories that do not have one: |
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> * x11-proto |
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> * x11-apps |
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> * x11-drivers |
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They should have one. |
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> 3. If a metadata.xml has a <longdescription> element, is it |
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> required to contain text? There is at least one package that |
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> has an empty <longdescription>. I wanted to use the |
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> <longdescription> to override the DESCRIPTION in the .ebuild, if |
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> it exists, but in this case the DESCRIPTION is actually |
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> infinitely longer than the <longdescription>. |
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It should contain text, but I don't think that the dtd requires it. |
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Perhaps it should? |
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> 4. Speaking of <longdescription>, are line breaks to be preserved |
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> in their representation? There are a few packages whose |
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> <longdescription> use line breaks for formatting. One in |
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> particular, gnustep-libs/steptalk not only prefers to preserve |
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> line breaks, but also appears to prefer a fixed-width font in |
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> it's representation. Is this also a requirement? |
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As far as I know, there are few *requirements* defined for metadata.xml |
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files. All we really have is the dtd to determine what is legal. |
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Anything beyond that really hasn't been discussed. |
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Perhaps now is the time to start such discussions? |
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> If anyone has answers to any of the above questions I thank you in |
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> advance for your response. |
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Just out of curiosity, what is your project? |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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