On Tuesday 13 June 2006 01:00, Stephen Bennett wrote: > My current idea is to draw up a formal specification of what ebuilds > are allowed to do, and what to assume about the environment in which > they run, as well as defining the formats of everything under > profiles/, metadata.xml files, and other auxiliary information in the > tree. I would envision the first version of this document to more or > less codify existing practise, perhaps excluding some dubious tricks > that are known to break in some cases. Generally, it should be possible > to make the tree conform to the first version of the specification by > changes no more significant than currently have QA bugs filed for them.
Metadata.xml files are already formally defined in http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure/herds/#doc_chap4 You are welcome to extend/copy this information. Otherwise, go ahead. I don't see problems with codifying what ebuilds are allowed and not allowed to do. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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