On Saturday 28 October 2006 22:43, Marius Mauch wrote:
> Well, I'd go further and question the whole herd concept. What benefits
> do we actually gain by having "herds"? For the most part it's just a
> way to associate a package with a mail alias, but for that I don't
> really see the need for this layer of indirection. It actually creates
> problems by itself as the herd data ("members" in herds.xml) gets out
> of sync with the mail data (alias members), then there is the (mostly
> historical) issue of having two copies of the same file getting out of
> sync, the permanent confusion of herds, herd maintainers and projects,
> and the problem just shown by Alec.
> So are there any other benefits in having herds as opposed to just
> adding a <maintainer><email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email></maintainer>
> element to metadata.xml and getting rid of the complete herds concept?just because you're on the alias doesnt mean you want to be responsible for the packages in the herd -mike
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