[Rpm-metadata] xml update

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Thu Oct 16 18:08:08 UTC 2003


> I agree on "what is specific to particular packaging tool" part BUT
> things like priority and Enhances are general concepts which *could* be
> used by other tools as well. Lets say redcarpet adds support for
> priority.. and then we have two different entries for the thing, one for
> apt-rpm and one for redcarpet, both having the same data. Oh and one
> more place to present that in Debian world...

That's what multiple versions of this format are for to correct for
needs based on use and actual information rather than theoretical use.

> Tool-specific hacks to tool specific namespaces but useful data should
> be generally available, I'd feel quite silly adding code to apt-rpm to
> poke through say, redcarpet namespace for some bit of information. If
> the packaging tool doesn't understand / support some general tag then
> simply ignore it...

how is it that suggests/enhances isn't tool specific to apt-rpm? I know
yum doesn't use it. I'm fairly positive that up2date and r-c-p don't
either.

-sv






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