On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Doug Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy all, > > Further questions regarding use.desc have come up with regard to this GLEP. > My proposed solution would be a potential amendment to the GLEP to state > that > > <flag name='png' /> > > Would be allowed. This syntax is not actually disallowed or allowed by the > current GLEP, but mentioning it would allow a metadata.xml contain all the > USE flags that appear in IUSE, even the global ones. By using the above > syntax, it would simply state that there is no additional descriptions or > details but to just use the use.desc description. > > Further more, it would allow us in the future to make that mandatory and > repoman would only have to check metadata.xml for your USE flag. > > Comments, Suggestions, Input are all welcome. >
What is the benefit? Regards, -- Santiago M. Mola Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
