On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 12:00:43AM +0100, Stephen Bennett wrote: > My current idea is to draw up a formal specification of what ebuilds > are allowed to do, and what to assume about the environment in which > they run, as well as defining the formats of everything under > profiles/, metadata.xml files, and other auxiliary information in the > tree. I would envision the first version of this document to more or > less codify existing practise, perhaps excluding some dubious tricks > that are known to break in some cases. Generally, it should be possible > to make the tree conform to the first version of the specification by > changes no more significant than currently have QA bugs filed for them. +1 from my side.
I'd like to be involved in the Manifest side, and something I'm presently working on I should hopefully post in 2-3 days will I hope clarify a few items at once, mainly revolving around signing - please don't comment now, wait until I post said rough proposals. -- Robin Hugh Johnson E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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