On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:30:07 -0800 Brian Dolbec <dol...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> So, where do we place this directory and what rules do we > establish about it's modifications? > > location? : in the metadata dir alongside the install-qa-check.d > directory? That sounds reasonable to me, it is certainly metadata. > > name of the directory? : repoman, qa-rules, qa-data, > repo-qa-data, ... ideas? Something not project name specific, so nothing about repoman. Perhaps something like "repo-checks", my personal vote would be make it a directory with the contents being merged (so repo-checks.d maybe?) > > data format? : json (my favorite) > compatible with many lanquages/interfaces > is flexible to match various data types > ie: dictionaries, lists, strings... > is human readable/editable > can be validated > > xml (PLEASE NO!) > > native python file (too language dependant) > > ini style (python configparser compatible) meh :/ > > other ideas? YAML - like JSON but made to be edited/read by humans (comment support is a big feature). Also valid JSON is valid YAML. Also can be validated just like JSON can.
