Re: [gentoo-dev] Registering media types for Gentoo files
On Tue, 2022-09-06 at 12:18 +0200, Florian Schmaus wrote: > On 06.09.22 11:33, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, everyone. > > > > Since we've been standardizing some things in Gentoo lately, I was > > thinking we could try to get some media types registered with IANA. > > > > Particularly, I'm thinking of registering our Manifest format [1] as: > > > >text/vnd.gentoo.manifest > > > > and our new binary package container format [2] as: > > > >application/vnd.gentoo.gpkg > > > > However, the process is non-trivial and I'm not sure if the latter > > really qualifies, given we're only specifying the container and not > > the complete data format. To be honest, the specs are quite huge > > and I'd really appreciate some help grasping all of this. > > > > Perhaps ebuilds and eclasses would also qualify for registration. > > > > WDYT? > > If you are happy to put in the effort, then I would go for it. Some > (most?) IANA registries are relatively easy to get in. I have some, but > somewhat little, experience with IANA due my XMPP background and I am > happy to assist. > Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. That said, I just noticed that Debian has their binpkg format registered, so I may be able to get some inspiration there ;-). -- Best regards, Michał Górny
Re: [gentoo-dev] Registering media types for Gentoo files
On Tue, 2022-09-06 at 10:40 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: > On 2022.09.06 10:33, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, everyone. > > > > Since we've been standardizing some things in Gentoo lately, I was > > thinking we could try to get some media types registered with IANA. > > > > Particularly, I'm thinking of registering our Manifest format [1] as: > > > > text/vnd.gentoo.manifest > > > > and our new binary package container format [2] as: > > > > application/vnd.gentoo.gpkg > > > > However, the process is non-trivial and I'm not sure if the latter > > really qualifies, given we're only specifying the container and not > > the complete data format. To be honest, the specs are quite huge > > and I'd really appreciate some help grasping all of this. > > > > Perhaps ebuilds and eclasses would also qualify for registration. > > > > WDYT? > > > > [1] https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0074.html > > [2] https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0078.html > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Michał Górny > > > > > > > > Michał, > > > However, the process is non-trivial ... > That's a down side. > > What are the benefits to Gentoo? > Fame and glory? I think we might be the second (after Debian) distro to have officially registered MIME types. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
Re: [gentoo-dev] Registering media types for Gentoo files
On 06.09.22 11:33, Michał Górny wrote: Hi, everyone. Since we've been standardizing some things in Gentoo lately, I was thinking we could try to get some media types registered with IANA. Particularly, I'm thinking of registering our Manifest format [1] as: text/vnd.gentoo.manifest and our new binary package container format [2] as: application/vnd.gentoo.gpkg However, the process is non-trivial and I'm not sure if the latter really qualifies, given we're only specifying the container and not the complete data format. To be honest, the specs are quite huge and I'd really appreciate some help grasping all of this. Perhaps ebuilds and eclasses would also qualify for registration. WDYT? If you are happy to put in the effort, then I would go for it. Some (most?) IANA registries are relatively easy to get in. I have some, but somewhat little, experience with IANA due my XMPP background and I am happy to assist. - Flow
Re: [gentoo-dev] Registering media types for Gentoo files
On 2022.09.06 10:33, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > Since we've been standardizing some things in Gentoo lately, I was > thinking we could try to get some media types registered with IANA. > > Particularly, I'm thinking of registering our Manifest format [1] as: > > text/vnd.gentoo.manifest > > and our new binary package container format [2] as: > > application/vnd.gentoo.gpkg > > However, the process is non-trivial and I'm not sure if the latter > really qualifies, given we're only specifying the container and not > the complete data format. To be honest, the specs are quite huge > and I'd really appreciate some help grasping all of this. > > Perhaps ebuilds and eclasses would also qualify for registration. > > WDYT? > > [1] https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0074.html > [2] https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0078.html > > -- > Best regards, > Michał Górny > > > Michał, > However, the process is non-trivial ... That's a down side. What are the benefits to Gentoo? -- Regards, Roy Bamford (Neddyseagoon) a member of elections gentoo-ops forum-mods arm64 pgpBgVE0I6H9p.pgp Description: PGP signature
