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Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive
From: |
Peter Simons |
Subject: |
Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive |
Date: |
27 Jan 2005 20:19:31 +0100 |
Guido Draheim writes:
>> These are all fields that my software uses internally
>> and which need to be consistent in order for the whole
>> thing to work. [...] Since, according to you, I can't
>> treat any fields as "internal" as long as I distribute
>> them publicly, I will stop distributing them.
> Good lord, Peter, would you please stop overreacting, the
> message to you was "stop modifying what the submitter has
> given to you including the @version tag".
But Guido, that is exactly what this will accomplish! The
solution is beautiful. I had the right idea from the start,
I just didn't realize it! Instead of having the _internal_
archive information in the m4 source code and stripping that
for release, I'll have that information in a separate
database which will be invisible to users of the archive.
This way, I can re-categorize, change, and re-organize
everything just as I see fit, without ever having to modify
the file that the submitter sent me!
So in short, the only tags the submitter knows are:
@synopsis
@summary
This makes the whole thing a lot easier for everybody. And
the best part is: I can store that internal database with
the meta-information in XML, like I wanted to all the time.
Okay, I am sorry about the mess. I made a mistake when I
decided to put the entire archive meta-data into CVS. I
shouldn't have mixed up my stuff with the stuff the users
submit. I apologize.
Peter
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, (continued)
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Braden McDaniel, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Peter Simons, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Braden McDaniel, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Peter Simons, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Braden McDaniel, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Peter Simons, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Guido Draheim, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive,
Peter Simons <=
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Guido Draheim, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Peter Simons, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Guido Draheim, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Braden McDaniel, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2005/01/27
- no-meta-data-rewrite is online (was: Versioning Macros In The Archive), Peter Simons, 2005/01/27
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Tom Howard, 2005/01/28
- re-licensing (was: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive), Peter Simons, 2005/01/28
- Re: Policy: Versioning Macros In The Archive, Guido Draheim, 2005/01/27