Re: 0template feature suggestion: Infer template from feed

Thomas Leonard <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.zero-install.devel
Message-ID <CAG4opy9KjnP94jvCxm76RwCbZWwq-yPmEnRJX6dxpQSxqL-unA@mail.gmail.com>
On 2 June 2015 at 19:19, Bastian Eicher <[email protected]> wrote:
> It would be nice if 0template could "infer" a template from an existing
> feed.
>
> The algorithm could look roughly like this:
> * Copy metadata like <name>, <summary>, <homepage> from the feed to the
> template unchanged
> * Use <interface uri="..."> in the feed to fill in <feed-for> in the
> template
> * Find the latest <implementation> in the feed (resolving any <group>
> nesting along the way) and copy it to the template
>    * Replace the values for version= and released= with {version} and
> {released} respectively
>    * Search all other attributes (especially <arhive href="...">) for
> occurrences of the version= and released= values from the feed and also
> replace them with {version} and {released}
>
> Thoughts?

Sounds useful!


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