On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:23:57 +0100 Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 12:59:26 +0100 > Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > >>>>> On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Michał Górny wrote: > > > > > As for the exact details, I've pretty much decided to go for > > > featurism here, IOW making everyone happy. It also proves how > > > absurd typing maintainers is but if you really feel like having > > > it, sure. The default is 'developer', <herd/> tags would be > > > converted into 'herd' and there are other options including > > > 'proxy-maintainer', 'project', 'team' meant to fit all our > > > wannabies. The diff explains the particular options. > > > > > <!ELEMENT maintainer ( email, (description| name)* )> > > > + <!-- maintainer organizational type --> > > > + <!-- developer: regular Gentoo developer (direct e-mail) --> > > > + <!-- herd: herd (defined in herds.xml) --> > > > > As the previously stated goal was to get rid of herds, I don't > > understand why you want to reintroduce them as a value of the > > type attribute. The existing herd elements should become either > > type="project" or type="team" (everything that is not a project, > > I suppose). > > Probably because of the rather verbose criticism brought forward by a > single developer. Probably because of the rather verbose burden of proof by another one.
