Re: Standardize to machine readable package manifest

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

Op 20100521 om 07:25 schreef Daniel Baumann:
> On 05/20/2010 09:34 AM, Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
> 
> >  3. The manifest file will be stored at
> > binary/casper/filesystem.manifest and binary/live/filesystem.manifest
> > for casper and live-initramfs respectively.
> 
> i'm not so fond of the name 'manifest', that's why i've changed it to
> 'packages' in the subsequent commit. this is more congruent to what we
> already have had in lh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest says this 

|Industry
|
|    * In the transport or logistics industry, a packing list
|    * Passenger list (transportation), the list of passengers on a
|      commercial airliner or ship
|
|Politics
|
|    * A public declaration of principles and intentions, often political
|      in nature (see Manifesto).
|
|Computing
|
|    * Manifest file, contains information about the files packaged in a
|      JAR file.

and more about "Manifest" ...



Cheers
Geert Stappers