Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:58:50 +0300
Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:50:45 +0100 Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > >>>>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> > >> https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/6/pms.html#x1-180003.1.1
> > >> "Category Names"
> >
> > > I don't see a requirement here, only note on most common
> > > pattern:
> >
> > > ``Note: A hyphen is not required because of the virtual category.
> > > Usually, however, category names will contain a hyphen.''
> >
> > It is a note on what is the exclusive pattern, with the single
> > exception of the virtual category. I believe that we shouldn't break
> > that pattern.
>
> I'm fine with this approach, but could PMS be updated to contain
> more clear statement to avoid misunderstanding? E.g.:
> ``all category names must contain a single hyphen with a
> special exception for "virtual"''

It's not a "must". Also, putting that rule in and having the package
mangler enforce it can have unintended consequences: for example,
there used to be the mild nuisance of dealing with overlays which
didn't contain a categories list, and which did contain directories
named CVS all over the place.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh