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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: vapier@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal to move use.local.desc somewhere in /var
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:45:55
Message-Id: 20120424164526.54170c25@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal to move use.local.desc somewhere in /var by Mike Frysinger
1 On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:37:31 -0400
2 Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Tuesday 24 April 2012 10:11:44 Theo Chatzimichos wrote:
5 > > Since .cvsignore is needed either way, I'm going to do it in three
6 > > days if there are no objections. But I'd like some feedback for the
7 > > move of the file in /var. Opinions?
8 >
9 > considering the server generates it and the end user never does, i
10 > don't see the point. they get it via the normal `emerge --sync`
11 > process. -mike
12
13 Maybe we should consider moving it to metadata/?
14
15 On the other hand, moving it will require fixing all tools using it.
16 And as it is already deprecated, I don't see much good in still working
17 on it.
18
19 --
20 Best regards,
21 Michał Górny

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