On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 02:21:22PM -0700, Alec Warner wrote:
> I'd argue we can add NOTES.md to packages (e.g. allow those files.)
> Then we modify packages.gentoo.org to render the markdown; or users
> can render locally or read unrendered.
> 
> WDYT?

Given this topic came up again on IRC, late reply to say that some
kind NOTES of file in the tree is my preference over metadata.xml
at the moment.

I don't feel strongly about being rendered somewhere though, a dev
will see the file in the tree if they work on the package (partly
because of that I'd also rather rst over md for bit better plain-text
readability, but can work with either). Seeing the file is main reason
I prefer this over metadata.xml, making it clear there's notes without
needing any tools integration to parse metadata.xml and remind about.

fwiw given these are entirely for devs they could even be skipped
from sync mirrors so users don't get them and think it's something
they need to read (+less files), but no strong opinion here.

-- 
ionen

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