Principia formula guidelines
Clint Byrum
clint at ubuntu.com
Fri Jun 10 15:45:09 UTC 2011
Excerpts from Gustavo Niemeyer's message of Mon Jun 06 15:30:42 -0700 2011:
> > I've created a wiki page detailing what I think are the important points
> > to start enabling formula contributors, as I've had a few "hey can I
> > get my formula into Principia" requests from people so far.
> >
> > https://ensemble.ubuntu.com/Principia
>
> This looks great!
>
> It might be good to have an extra step before 5 there for creating the
> formula directory, just because it may not be immediately obvious what
> "your formula root" is yet given the context.
I added a clarification that the place where 'getall' is pointed at is
the formula repository.
>
> Also, a pair of links into the documentation might be helpful to
> provide hints of what the metadata is, how to create the hooks, etc.
>
I linked to the tutorial at the top.
> Re. Hooks should be idempotent, this is going to make people wonder.
> We may need some secondary explanation about why it is there and how
> to achieve it.
Added a brief explanation of why idempotency of hooks is important.
>
> Great stuff, thanks!
>
:)
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