On Thu 01 Oct 2015 00:17 +0200, Marcel Korpel wrote: > * Lukas Fleischer <lfleisc...@archlinux.org> (Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:40:20 > +0200): > > Currently, in order to change the keywords of a package base, users > > need to log into the web interface and submit a form on the package > > base details page. It would be nice to be able to change keywords > > without using a web browser, see FS#45627 [1]. > > Sounds good to add a method to change keywords without using a web > browser. > > > 1. Add a set-keywords command to the aurweb SSH interface such that > > users can run `ssh aur.archlinux.org set-keywords foobar keyword1 > > keyword2 keyword3` to change keywords (or still use the web > > interface). > > > > 2. Remove the option from the web interface and introduce a new file > > (.KEYWORDS or something more general like .AURINFO, .AURMETADATA) > > that is parsed in the Git update hook. > > I strongly prefer 1. 2 causes too much clutter in the source tree and > I don't like having AUR-specific files around, especially not if it's > (only) for keywords. That would be another file we have to parse (if > it's not as simple as lines with keywords or a line with keywords > separated by spaces). And what if we invent another AUR-specific > option? Another file? Change the syntax of the keywords file? > > In case of 1, a command like `get-keywords` would also be necessary, so > one can see what the current keywords are.
3. Make keywords part of the PKGBUILD spec, the metadata is then output to PKGINFO/SRCINFO