Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] >>>>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2023, Alex Boag-Munroe wrote: > >> Perhaps eventually it could/should be used for the whole file but as >> an interim/beginning there's no reason you couldn't start with >> comments: > >> # [PREAMBLE] >> # Timestamp: 2023-09-21 15:07:42+00:00 >> # Author: Arthur Zamarin <arthur...@gentoo.org> >> # Justification: Very broken, no idea why packaged, need to drop ASAP. >> # The project is done with supporting this package. >> # Bugs: 667687, 667689 >> # Packages: dev-lang/python >> dev-lang/python > > And I thought my suggestion to use XML was far-fetched and an obvious > joke. :( This is rather disrespectful to someone (who is a new contributor as well) making a suggestion in earnest. You could've dropped this sentence and the rest of your critique would stand. Please consider phrasing in future. > > This seems rather restrictive, adds unnecessary redundancy, and would > make it hard to type an entry without the aid of special tools. > > Also, there are other files like use.mask which probably shouldn't have > a completely different format. Their entries often have the author/date > line plus a one line comment which says all that is needed. Adding > massive header blocks there would be excessive. > > IMHO Arthur's original proposal was fine. Let's not over-complicate > things. > > Ulrich > > [[End of PGP Signed Part]]
