[gobolinux-devel] MailRecipe - OK to add to CVS?

[MJ Ray]

"Lucas C. Villa Real" <lucasvr at gobolinux.org>
> On 8/1/06, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > Sending recipes in a text-like format is good because:
> > 1. it's easier for the gurus to read through quickly
> > 2. we avoid the 33% base64 size penalty, and
> > 3. people can cut-and-paste bits out of the archive later if needed.
> 
> Well, I don't really like it, to be sincere. It's much better to me to
> review recipes in a tarball, since I already have a 'ReviewRecipes'
> script which deals with that. RecipeLint also takes a tarball as a
> parameter and inspects it in a transparent way.

Why do you find it better to review recipes in a tarball?
I've explained why MIME-attached tarballs are frustratingly bad.
How can you read them from your mail client?

One of RecipeLint's early actions is to unpack the tarball, so it
could take a directory like the one produced by the MailRecipe
format without too much work.  That's probably a good idea, as it
would let people check their local recipes before trying to
Compile them and failing.

Which package is ReviewRecipes in?

Thanks,
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