On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 09:21 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 07:28 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > 2. Are metadata.xml files a requirement for categories? There are > > a few categories that do not have one: > > * x11-proto > > * x11-apps > > * x11-drivers > > They should have one.
Ok, then I will submit a bug report to have them added. > > > 3. If a metadata.xml has a <longdescription> element, is it > > required to contain text? There is at least one package that > > has an empty <longdescription>. I wanted to use the > > <longdescription> to override the DESCRIPTION in the .ebuild, if > > it exists, but in this case the DESCRIPTION is actually > > infinitely longer than the <longdescription>. > > It should contain text, but I don't think that the dtd requires it. > Perhaps it should? Admittedly, I have not read the DTD (must first learn *how* to read DTDs), but I think if the element exists, it should have text or else it's meaningless. > > > 4. Speaking of <longdescription>, are line breaks to be preserved > > in their representation? There are a few packages whose > > <longdescription> use line breaks for formatting. One in > > particular, gnustep-libs/steptalk not only prefers to preserve > > line breaks, but also appears to prefer a fixed-width font in > > it's representation. Is this also a requirement? > > As far as I know, there are few *requirements* defined for metadata.xml > files. All we really have is the dtd to determine what is legal. > Anything beyond that really hasn't been discussed. > > Perhaps now is the time to start such discussions? > I think so. There seem to be different formats for the <longdescription> and I would hate to have to guess or make special exceptions because I know I'll do it wrong (e.g. the Changelogs). Would prefer if there were a more strict definition so then at least I could say it's not my fault ;-) > > If anyone has answers to any of the above questions I thank you in > > advance for your response. > > Just out of curiosity, what is your project? > This is for the new packages.gentoo.org. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
