On Sunday 23 April 2006 14:51, D Bera wrote: > > Also, with regards to homepage, should I store the maintainers e-mail > > address there? (perhaps as a mailto: ?) debian does not encourage the > > use of web pages as references since they can be transient. (although, > > e-mails seem to be about the same, but w/e) > > I think we can store these properties as common ones: > 1) Name - store in the variable PackageName > 2) Version - PackageVersion > 3) Maintainer/Packager email (is this important to be stored ? - I > never look at this field :) - Packager > 4) Description - Description > 5) (If available, maybe ?) Changelog - ebuild probably doesnt have > this, ignore it > 6) Section/Group - PackageGroup > > Pat, which of these are available in ebuilds ? > > - dBera > > PS: Are there any other popular linux packages other than deb, rpm and > ebuild ? >
All of these are available to ebuilds except #3. At least I've never seen it. If someone else knows otherwise please post. -- Pat Double, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
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