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@@ -217,6 +217,16 @@ definitions essentially.
>>> For this to work with websetup and --dumpsetup, it needs to define the
>>> `meta_*` settings in the getsetup function.
+>>>>
+>>>> I think this will be problematic with the current implementation of this
+>>>> patch. The datatype here is an array of hash references, with each hash
+>>>> having a variable (and arbitrary) number of key/value pairs. I can't
+>>>> think of an intuitive way of implementing a way of editing such a
+>>>> datatype in the web interface, let alone registering the option in
+>>>> getsetup.
+>>>>
+>>>> Perhaps a limited set of defined meta values could be exposed via
+>>>> websetup (the obvious ones: author, copyright, license, etc.) -- [[Jon]]
>>>
>>> I also have some concerns about both these patches, since both throw
>>> a lot of redundant data at meta, which then stores it in a very redundant
@@ -232,6 +242,5 @@ definitions essentially.
>>> meta special-case the site-wide settings, not store them in these
>>> per-page data structures, and just make them be used if no per-page
>>> metadata of the given type is present. --[[Joey]]
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->>>> Thanks for the review - these are all valid points. I'll get working
->>>> on a revised patch. -- [[Jon]]
+>>>>
+>>>> that should be easy enough to do. I will work on a patch. -- [[Jon]]