>>>>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Markos Chandras wrote: >> Could we allow this element in the category metadata files, too? >> Its value there would be the default for the category, with the >> possibility to override it for individual packages.
> How are you so sure that a general "rule" can apply to a whole > category? E.g. the x11-misc/ one. Which rule for non-maintainer > changes are you going to apply since every single developer is > maintaining a x11-misc application? Same for app-misc etc. Of course it would make no sense for the x11-misc category. But we have categories that mainly consist of packages belonging to one herd, for example the dev-<language> categories. Ulrich
