[ECOS] comments in ecos.db

[Bart Veer]

>>>>> "Jani" == Jani Monoses <jani@iv.ro> writes:

    Jani> after adding packages using ecosadmin.tcl ecos.db is
    Jani> stripped of comments, and whitespace is added in places
    Jani> instead of just adding the package description. Could the
    Jani> master ecos.db be generated by ecosadmin.tcl as well so the
    Jani> differences stay relevant?One thing that might be needed is
    Jani> for the tcl script to generate the copyright text at the
    Jani> beginning of ecos.db so it does not get lost. This is just a
    Jani> small annoyance.

The plan has always been that ecos.db would be completely generated by
an admin tool, never hand-edited. This is easy enough when adding new
epk's using ecosadmin. When you create a new package in an existing
repository, or when a new package appears in CVS, things get more
difficult. There are other complications, e.g. the ecos.db file keeps
track of targets as well as packages, managing documentation becomes
more difficult, etc.

Hopefully all this will happen in the 2.1 timeframe.

Bart

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