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diff --git a/dev-python/blurb/metadata.xml b/dev-python/blurb/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a68165db0ed5 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-python/blurb/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>python@gentoo.org</email> + </maintainer> + <maintainer type="person"> + <email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Patrick McLean</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription lang="en"> + blurb is a tool designed to rid CPython core development of the scourge of + Misc/NEWS conflicts. + + The core concept: split Misc/NEWS into many separate files that, when + concatenated back together in sorted order, reconstitute the original + Misc/NEWS file. After that, Misc/NEWS could be deleted from the CPython + repo and thereafter rendered on demand (e.g. when building a release). + When checking in a change to CPython, the checkin process will write + out a new file that sorts into the correct place, using a filename + unlikely to have a merge conflict. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |