On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:30:12 +0000
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:19:51 -0600
> Jeremy Olexa <darks...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >  Probably OT, sorry. Isn't it time we gained this concept of "noarch" 
> >  for packages that only install text files or packages that don't
> > compile anything...
> 
> No, since there's no such thing as an app that's guaranteed to be
> portable.

Good thing he said package then, not app. :P Text, pdf, html, image, or
icon-only installing packages having no dependencies don't really need
arch-specific keywords.  I'd rather we just ignore keywording policies for
these packages rather than introduce a new keyword though.


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