On 23-08-2010, Ralf Treinen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 01:30:25AM +0200, Florent Monnier wrote: >> Le dimanche 22 août 2010 01:12:58, Sylvain Le Gall a écrit : >> [...] >> > > For example if we use: >> > > origin="packaging::Debian" >> > > origin="packaging::Mandriva" >> > > >> > > then one can get the list of the added META with this single command: >> > > $ grep -l packaging `ocamlc -where`/*/META >> > > >> > > But if we use: >> > > origin="Debian" >> > > origin="Mandriva" >> > > then the user has to know which distro he's using first, before to grep >> > > it as a keyword. >> > > and in this example you can't use "origin" as a keyword too, because you >> > > can't prevent an upstream to use an "origin" field too, for example: >> > > origin="janest" >> > > OK one can grep "origin" to display its content, but not *filter* the >> > > META files that come from packagers. >> > > >> > > I hope what I mean is clearer now, is it? >> > >> > Yes it is. >> > >> > I propose something like: >> > >> > origin = "debian-packagers" >> > >> > or >> > >> > createdby = "debian-packagers" >> >> I find the string "debian-packagers" fine! > > The problem is that these strings should be removed once upstream > incorporates the META file, which should be the ultimate goal. A string > like "origin" is easily mistaken for "original author", and the risk > is that people will leave them in in order to give credits. > > For that reason, I'll rather propose something like "meta-not-yet-upstream". > This way it is clear when it has to be removed. >
meta-not-yet-upstream = "debian-package-only" ? Sending the META to upstream should be done with a "grep -v meta-not-yet-upstream" We could say that this value should be one line... Regards, Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
