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34<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Extending metadata.xml</td> 34<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Extending metadata.xml</td>
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36<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.2</td> 36<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.3</td>
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38<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0005.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">2003/07/03 05:38:42</a></td> 38<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0005.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">2004/11/11 21:27:31</a></td>
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40<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Heinrich Wendel &lt;sysop&#32;&#97;t&#32;heinospage.de&gt;,</td> 40<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Heinrich Wendel &lt;sysop&#32;&#97;t&#32;heinospage.de&gt;,</td>
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42<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">Draft</td> 42<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">deferred</td>
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44<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Type:</th><td class="field-body">Standards Track</td> 44<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Type:</th><td class="field-body">Standards Track</td>
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48<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">02-Jul-2003</td> 48<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">02-Jul-2003</td>
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50<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-History:</th><td class="field-body">02-Jul-2003, 11-Nov-2004</td>
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53<div class="contents topic" id="contents"> 55<div class="contents topic" id="contents">
54<p class="topic-title"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p> 56<p class="topic-title first"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p>
55<ul class="simple"> 57<ul class="simple">
56<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id5" name="id5">Abstract</a></li> 58<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id5" name="id5">Abstract</a></li>
59<li><a class="reference" href="#status" id="id6" name="id6">Status</a></li>
57<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id6" name="id6">Motivation</a></li> 60<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id7" name="id7">Motivation</a></li>
58<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id7" name="id7">Specification</a></li> 61<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id8" name="id8">Specification</a></li>
59<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id8" name="id8">Rationale</a></li> 62<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id9" name="id9">Rationale</a></li>
60<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id9" name="id9">Backwards Compatibility</a></li> 63<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id10" name="id10">Backwards Compatibility</a></li>
61<li><a class="reference" href="#reference-implementation" id="id10" name="id10">Reference Implementation</a></li> 64<li><a class="reference" href="#reference-implementation" id="id11" name="id11">Reference Implementation</a></li>
62<li><a class="reference" href="#references" id="id11" name="id11">References</a></li> 65<li><a class="reference" href="#references" id="id12" name="id12">References</a></li>
63<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id12" name="id12">Copyright</a></li> 66<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id13" name="id13">Copyright</a></li>
64</ul> 67</ul>
65</div> 68</div>
66<div class="section" id="abstract"> 69<div class="section" id="abstract">
67<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1> 70<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1>
68<p>As the latest development in Gentoo and Portage added the metadata.xml file 71<p>As the latest development in Gentoo and Portage added the metadata.xml file
69to each package, which provides information about the package and it's 72to each package, which provides information about the package and it's
70maintainers, this GLEP proposes to extend this format in order to simplify 73maintainers, this GLEP proposes to extend this format in order to simplify
71the .ebuild format.</p> 74the .ebuild format.</p>
72</div> 75</div>
76<div class="section" id="status">
77<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" name="status">Status</a></h1>
78<p>Timed out</p>
79</div>
73<div class="section" id="motivation"> 80<div class="section" id="motivation">
74<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1> 81<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1>
75<p>The metadata.xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id4" id="id1" name="id1">[1]</a> standard was accepted and it already contains some 82<p>The metadata.xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id4" id="id1" name="id1">[1]</a> standard was accepted and it already contains some
76information about the packages (longdescription).</p> 83information about the packages (longdescription).</p>
77</div> 84</div>
78<div class="section" id="specification"> 85<div class="section" id="specification">
79<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" name="specification">Specification</a></h1> 86<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" name="specification">Specification</a></h1>
80<p>Add the tags &lt;description&gt; &lt;homepage&gt; &lt;license&gt; to the metadata.xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id4" id="id2" name="id2">[1]</a> and 87<p>Add the tags &lt;description&gt; &lt;homepage&gt; &lt;license&gt; to the metadata.xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id4" id="id2" name="id2">[1]</a> and
81remove them from the .ebuild files. All ebuilds and the emerge -S feature 88remove them from the .ebuild files. All ebuilds and the emerge -S feature
82have to be changed to use the new format.</p> 89have to be changed to use the new format.</p>
83</div> 90</div>
84<div class="section" id="rationale"> 91<div class="section" id="rationale">
85<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" name="rationale">Rationale</a></h1> 92<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" name="rationale">Rationale</a></h1>
86<p>The three tags description, homepage and license are mostly the same in all 93<p>The three tags description, homepage and license are mostly the same in all
87versions of an ebuild, but they must be added to each version. In order to 94versions of an ebuild, but they must be added to each version. In order to
88simplify the .ebuild format they can be moved to the new metadata.xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id4" id="id3" name="id3">[1]</a> file. 95simplify the .ebuild format they can be moved to the new metadata.xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#id4" id="id3" name="id3">[1]</a> file.
89This would also allow different descriptions for different languages (lang 96This would also allow different descriptions for different languages (lang
90attribute) and there are no problems when a programm changes it license 97attribute) and there are no problems when a programm changes it license
91(restrict attribute).</p> 98(restrict attribute).</p>
92</div> 99</div>
93<div class="section" id="backwards-compatibility"> 100<div class="section" id="backwards-compatibility">
94<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1> 101<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1>
95<p>As it will take some time to do the changes on every ebuild, portage should still 102<p>As it will take some time to do the changes on every ebuild, portage should still
96support the old format for some time.</p> 103support the old format for some time.</p>
97</div> 104</div>
98<div class="section" id="reference-implementation"> 105<div class="section" id="reference-implementation">
99<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" name="reference-implementation">Reference Implementation</a></h1> 106<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" name="reference-implementation">Reference Implementation</a></h1>
100<p>not yet ...</p> 107<p>not yet ...</p>
101</div> 108</div>
102<div class="section" id="references"> 109<div class="section" id="references">
103<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" name="references">References</a></h1> 110<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" name="references">References</a></h1>
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108[<a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure/herds/#doc_chap2">http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure/herds/#doc_chap2</a>]</td></tr> 115[<a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure/herds/#doc_chap2">http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/metastructure/herds/#doc_chap2</a>]</td></tr>
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112<div class="section" id="copyright"> 119<div class="section" id="copyright">
113<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1> 120<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1>
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