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>>>>> On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>> Am Wednesday 30 September 2015, 22:21:27 schrieb Andreas K. Huettel: |
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>> > a) Remove the word "herd" from docs and specifications. |
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>> > b) Package is "in herd" -> package is "maintained by project" |
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>> > c) In metadata.xml, replace <herd>x<herd> -> <project>y<project> |
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>> > This needs (as Ulrich has already pointed out) a short-name y for |
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>> > each project, to be defined on its wiki page. E.g., "Gentoo KDE |
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>> > project" has shortname kde. |
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> What's the gain? Does it justify breaking every tool dealing with |
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> metadata.xml out there? |
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At some point, backwards compatibility becomes a burden. If we are |
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going to abandon herds then it is only consequent to retire the |
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corresponding metadata tag. And yes, some tools will have to be |
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adjusted. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. |
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> Are you going to fix package managers, gentoolkit, gentoopm, |
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> packages.gentoo.org (in both versions), willikins, Funtoo |
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> scripts...? Or is this going to be another smart move which forces |
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> others to do extra work just because someone didn't like the name? |
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Is there anything in this list that requires more than a trivial fix? |
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Ulrich |
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