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On 11:36 Fri 16 Sep , Michał Górny wrote: |
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> The question is: where to store such a directory list? |
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> Keeping it inside project sources doesn't seem right as it would |
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> require me to bump and re-release project every time a directory is |
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> added. Keeping it in separate package which would need to be kept in |
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> sync doesn't seem too good either. |
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> That's why I'm considering including a tiny file in gx86 (and possibly |
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> other repositories) itself. Such a file could have a simple format and |
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> specify mappings of 'install-mask names' (similar to USE flag names) |
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> to lists of directories and possibly descriptions. |
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Do something like layman or repoman where it auto-fetches periodically. |
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Layman has the advantage of also supporting add-on files in addition to |
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the main one. I don't want this in my repo. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Council Member / Sr. Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.com |
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