On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:00:04 -0400 Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 28 October 2006 22:43, Marius Mauch wrote: > > Well, I'd go further and question the whole herd concept. What > > benefits do we actually gain by having "herds"? For the most part > > it's just a way to associate a package with a mail alias, but for > > that I don't really see the need for this layer of indirection. It > > actually creates problems by itself as the herd data ("members" in > > herds.xml) gets out of sync with the mail data (alias members), > > then there is the (mostly historical) issue of having two copies of > > the same file getting out of sync, the permanent confusion of > > herds, herd maintainers and projects, and the problem just shown by > > Alec. So are there any other benefits in having herds as opposed to > > just adding a > > <maintainer><email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email></maintainer> > > element to metadata.xml and getting rid of the complete herds > > concept? > > just because you're on the alias doesnt mean you want to be > responsible for the packages in the herd So if now you're on a herd alias but not listed in herds.xml for a herd, what practical difference does it make if the herd exists or not? Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list