On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Tom Wijsman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 23:48:06 +0000 > hasufell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > Alec Warner: > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Package_Tags > > > > > > Object or forever hold your peace. > > > > > > Or argue for 100 posts, either way. > > > > Sounds good, but how do we get consistency in there? I mean... this > > only works if we have some sort of consensus about tag names, at least > > more common ones. > > By aggregating a global list of tag names; that way, when you tag a > package you can look for tags on the global list that apply to it, and > if it happens two different ways to name something were brought up you > can also discuss it with one another. I don't think the inconsistency > would become of a size to be concerned about; but yes, at the very > least we need to watch out in the beginning to not let it happen... > > Though, choosing the right tag naming early on might be a need for > this to succeed; maybe we can brainstorm some examples of how packages > would be tagged, to get an idea about it. > This is basically the same problem with USE flags. Personally I also dislike global USE flags on multiple levels, so I'm not entirely interested in tag consistency. That being said, I wouldn't object to such a feature very strongly. I don't consider it a blocker to GLEP adoption, merely a concern that we can address later. -A > > -- > With kind regards, > > Tom Wijsman (TomWij) > Gentoo Developer > > E-mail address : [email protected] > GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D > GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D > >
