>>>>> On Tue, 05 Oct 2021, Michał Górny wrote: > On Tue, 2021-10-05 at 19:27 +0100, Sam James wrote: >> This is a preliminary version/draft of a proposed change to >> GLEP 68. >> >> I'd like to introduce a method for developers to signal anything >> special about a package and how to correctly maintain it. >> >> Sam James (1): >> glep-0068: Add notes element for package maintenance instructions >> >> glep-0068.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- >> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> To be honest, I don't think adding it to metadata.xml is a good idea. > This is not something that's going to be machine-parseable, > and expecting people to look into metadata.xml to see if it's even > present is a bit much. The same argument would apply to longdescription. > Maybe we could just add README files to the package directories > in question. This would have the clear advantage that the files will be > immediately visible. Scattering a package's metadata across multiple files doesn't look like a good idea to me. Ulrich
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