Re: [gentoo-project] Call for Agenda Items -- Council Meeting 2015-10-11

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 3 października 2015 11:40:22 CEST, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> napisał(a):
>>>>>> On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Michał Górny wrote:
>
>>> Am Wednesday 30 September 2015, 22:21:27 schrieb Andreas K. Huettel:
>>> > a) Remove the word "herd" from docs and specifications.
>>> >
>>> > b) Package is "in herd" -> package is "maintained by project"
>>> >
>>> > c) In metadata.xml, replace <herd>x<herd> -> <project>y<project>
>>> > This needs (as Ulrich has already pointed out) a short-name y for
>>> > each project, to be defined on its wiki page. E.g., "Gentoo KDE
>>> > project" has shortname kde.
>
>> What's the gain? Does it justify breaking every tool dealing with
>> metadata.xml out there?
>
>At some point, backwards compatibility becomes a burden. If we are
>going to abandon herds then it is only consequent to retire the
>corresponding metadata tag. And yes, some tools will have to be
>adjusted. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

And why are we going to do that? I feel like you hijacked my agenda item with your own problem.

>
>> Are you going to fix package managers, gentoolkit, gentoopm,
>> packages.gentoo.org (in both versions), willikins, Funtoo
>> scripts...? Or is this going to be another smart move which forces
>> others to do extra work just because someone didn't like the name?
>
>Is there anything in this list that requires more than a trivial fix?

Well, looking at where this is heading, yes. Most likely most of them will be required to implement some kind of MediaWiki RPC...

>
>Ulrich

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Best regards,
Michał Górny