On 1/21/08, Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/21/08, Tiziano Müller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi again
> >
> > I updated GLEP46 based on the the discussion before.
> > You can find it at http://dev.gentoo.org/~dev-zero/glep-0046.txt
> >
> > Summary of the changes:
> >  - Added additional "helps treecleaner" motivation
> >  - Added new <doc> element along with a precise specification of what is
> > allowed (please remember that everything can be changed with a new GLEP
> > when we see that parts of specification is not appropriate)
> > - Added "status" attribute for maintainer along with a description
> > - Added some documentation which elements are mandatory and how many times
> > they can appear
> > - Added a location proposal for keeping the list of allowed "type" attribute
> > as requested by genone in March 2006 and halcy0n in the former discussion.
> > - Extended the example
> >
> > If nobody objects, I'll commit this and kindly ask the council to vote on
> > it.
> >
>
> I object because I haven't edited it yet, but I will do so now.
>
> -Love
>
> Glep Editors
>

See attached Diff.

> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > --
> > [email protected] mailing list
> >
> >
>
--- glep-0046.txt	2008-01-21 00:49:56.000000000 -0800
+++ glep-0046.txt.mine	2008-01-21 08:34:40.769717090 -0800
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 26-Dec-2005
-Post-History: 26-Dec-2005, 5-Mar-2006, 20-Jan-2007
+Post-History: 26-Dec-2005, 5-Mar-2006, 20-Jan-2008
 
 Abstract
 ========
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 ``name`` should contain a block of text with upstream's name, is mandatory
 and can only appear once.
 
-``email`` should contain an e-mail address in the format [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+``email`` should contain an e-mail address in the format [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 ``changelog`` should contain a URL prefixed with ``http://`` or
 ``https://`` where the location of the upstream changelog can be found.
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@
 =======================
 
 No changes are necessary to existing ``metadata.xml`` files. Information
-in the new tags is not be mandatory. Any sane tool that currently
-handles ``metadata.xml`` files will simply ignore unrecognised elements.
+in the new tags is not be mandatory. Tools that currently read
+``metadata.xml`` files may break if written poorly; well written tools
+should just ignore the additional elements.
 
 Copyright
 =========

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