On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Rémi Cardona <r...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Le 15/12/2009 16:19, Peter Volkov a écrit : >> >> we will force all metadata.xml files have strict order of tags: first >> <herd/> then other tags. Currently there are about 200 ebuilds with >> different order http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279206#c4 . > > Others and I actually make use of the order in metadata.xml. The first entry > is the one that will get bugs assignment in bugzilla, and the others will > get CCed. > > So if we're really going with herds first in metadata.xml, could we have an > optional attribute - or whatever else you see fit - to convey that _this_ > herd/maintainer is the "main" herd/maintainer? > > Thanks >
Perhaps we should create a schema to validate the file. XMLSchema (or any of the other standards) allows for much more flexibility in specifying these things. Btw. I did not design the metadata DTD for order to be significant. The only priority is that maintainer goes before herd, that's all. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze
