Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman storage location (again)

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010, Sebastian Pipping wrote:

> isn't a package tree somehow having "system-wide implications"?
> i'm not really sure about /var/db - doesn't seem to be in FHS.
> is a package tree a database?

This depends on your definition of "database". At least some parts of
the tree (like the files/ dirs) at not very database-like.

> current ranking through my eyes:

> 1) /var/layman       con: adds folder to /var, maybe should not
> 2) /var/db/layman    con: you tell me
> 3) /var/lib/layman   con: not really /var/lib-style data

I still think that it should be close to the portage tree, therefore
in /usr. But if you go for /var then take /var/layman.

Ulrich