Re: ebuilds in XML

Heya

I have also been toying with this sort of thing exactly, and i think we =20=

will have some more detailed specs coming really soon, it's a very =20
similar approach, but there are quite a bit more things that will have =20=

to be taken into account for the metadata to be a proper setup...

i.e.
1) will have to track arches
2) will have to track exact pkg revision numbering from server
3) will have to support USE like funtionality, i.e. <src_uri =20
use=3Dfoo>http://blah.com</src_uri>  * there will need to be many =20
conditional setups in addition to this *
4) will have to be used as transport methods only most likely, the =20
general consensus is that devs that I have spoken to do not want to =20
write fully in XML, therefor the meat of the builds would need to be =20
referenced by the xml files and in a shell-like language, and there =20
would have to be tools to assist in building and reading them for both =20=

dev and user.  Not everyone is (or cares to be) an xml expert, and =20
accessibility is a must.

On that note, will have more info to follow on what we've been throwing =20=

around very soon as well.

I do agree that this is a great method to follow, but there are still =20=

quite a bit of logistics to work out with it.  Once we have a more =20
thorough proposal I';ll make sure we start a proper thread here to =20
follow it through.

Gerk


On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 6:11 PM, Benjamin Judas wrote:

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> Here is my idea of the ebuilds in XML:
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> I am thinking of an ebuild completely written in XML.
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> When "emerging" a special xslt is applied to the XML-file which =20
> translates the
> XML-file into a regular shell-script which then is executed.
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> Pleas see the attachments. I know, they aren't very impressive - it's =20=

> just an
> example, how to translate them into a shell-script.
>
> Take this as an impressive idea.
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> regards,
> 	Benjamin "beejay" Judas
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> P.S. : I call the ebuilds "receipts" since they are receipts how to =20=

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> and install a package
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