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diff --git a/dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml b/dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d31a82267686 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="person"> + <email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Zac Medico</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription lang="en"> + This project is now known as "libostree", though it is + still appropriate to use the previous name: "OSTree" (or + "ostree"). The focus is on projects which use libostree's + shared library, rather than users directly invoking the command + line tools (except for build systems). However, in most of + the rest of the documentation, we will use the term "OSTree", + since it's slightly shorter, and changing all documentation + at once is impractical. We expect to transition to the new + name over time. + + As implied above, libostree is both a shared library and suite + of command line tools that combines a "git-like" model for + committing and downloading bootable filesystem trees, along + with a layer for deploying them and managing the bootloader + configuration. + + The core OSTree model is like git in that it checksums + individual files and has a content-addressed-object + store. It's unlike git in that it "checks out" the files + via hardlinks, and they thus need to be immutable to prevent + corruption. Therefore, another way to think of OSTree is that + it's just a more polished version of Linux VServer hardlinks. + </longdescription> + <use> + <flag name="grub">Enable grub configuration generator</flag> + <flag name="soup">Use libsoup for networking</flag> + </use> + <upstream> + <remote-id type="github">ostreedev/ostree</remote-id> + </upstream> +</pkgmetadata> |