I request that this tag be made optional in the metadata.xml DTD.
While ideally it is beneficial to have every package in a herd, in
practice this doesn't occur.
22:28 <@omp> $ herdstat -pq no-herd | wc -l
22:28 <@omp> 1819
22:28 <@omp> looks like a lot of fixing is needed :)
nearly 1/5 of our tree is herdless.
Is a "real herd" a real requirement of a package? I would say
realistically no. Thus the herd tag should be optional but highly
encouraged.
Why do I care?
Because people don't always put "no-herd", they can misspell it, they
put non-standard stuff in the herd tag, they put bug-wranglers in the
herd tag...etc...
It's difficult to search for packages without a herd when 'no-herd' is
really N different strings.
If your package is not in a herd, just leave the tag out. We can adjust
the searching tools to list packages with no herd tag.
-Alec Warner
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