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Add a few meta-attribute descriptions; rewrite the meta-attribure list description to mean that it is expected that all used meta-attributes are described in the manual.

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Michael Raskin 2014-09-03 02:09:52 +04:00
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@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ hello-2.3 A program that produces a familiar, friendly greeting
<section><title>Standard meta-attributes</title>
<para>The following meta-attributes have a standard
interpretation:</para>
<para>It is expected that each meta-attribute is one of the following:</para>
<variablelist>
@ -112,12 +111,23 @@ interpretation:</para>
package.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>version</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Package version.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>homepage</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The package’s homepage. Example:
<literal>http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/</literal></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>downloadPage</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The page where a link to the current version can be found. Example:
<literal>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/</literal></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>license</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The license for the package. One from the
@ -195,6 +205,16 @@ meta.hydraPlatforms = [];
they are fixed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>updateWalker</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, the package is
tested to be updated correctly by the <literal>update-walker.sh</literal>
script without additional settings. Such packages have
<varname>meta.version</varname> set and their homepage (or
the page specified by <varname>meta.downloadPage</varname>) contains
a direct link to the package tarball.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@ -256,9 +276,9 @@ to indicate the specific license:
</variablelist>
</para>
</section>
</chapter>