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>>>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: |
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> On 19/12/2012 13:44, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: |
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>> I would suggest /var/portage ... |
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> Seriously, mine is going to be a huge veto here with as much power I |
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> can put. |
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Why? The portage tree is of central importance for Gentoo, so IMHO a |
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second-level directory would be acceptable for it. Besides, it |
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currently is in /usr/portage, so it wouldn't be new but would only |
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move from /usr to /var. |
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> There is a _reason_ why stuff is added to /var/lib instead of having |
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> /var/postgres |
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> /var/mysql |
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> /var/foobar |
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> /var/wtf |
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> /var/wth |
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> /var/imtired |
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> ... |
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I don't understand how this is related to the discussion. None of the |
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above have any relevance for Gentoo that would be comparable to |
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Portage. |
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This doesn't mean that /var/portage is the only possible choice. But |
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IMHO it's better than some of the other suggestions that I've seen |
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here, like /var/cache/portage/repositories/gentoo/tree and so on. |
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> As I said on other messages before (which you probably missed since |
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> you ask "Why not?"), putting it in /var/lib or /var/db or /var/cache |
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> makes it explicit how you should handle its backup. |
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Yes, these are certainly fine, as long as we don't add additional |
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useless subdirectory levels. |
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> /var/portage ? I have to look it up manually. |
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Please, stay serious. ;-) |
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Ulrich |
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