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From: Rafael Goncalves Martins <rafaelmartins@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:14:51
Message-Id: CAHgY3qfZcV+X_s2dgHqWOnZa=Ayq8_VFGr0YdypK5HM-dfmDfQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/ by Patrick Lauer
1 On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 08/15/11 21:55, Michał Górny wrote:
3 >> On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:46:59 -0700
4 >> Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
7 >>> wrote:
8 >>>> Hello,
9 >>>>
10 >>>> Now that we don't have any old-style virtuals in gx86 anymore,
11 >>>> I think the 'virtual' category is basically one another plain
12 >>>> category nowadays.
13 >>>>
14 >>>> Considering the number of different virtuals in this category,
15 >>>> maybe it would be a good idea to split it a little? What I'm
16 >>>> proposing is maybe creating some kind of '*-virtual' categories.
17 >>>>
18 >>>> For example, half of the current virtuals are prefixed with 'perl-'.
19 >>>> Maybe they could be transformed into 'perl-virtual/*'?
20 >>>
21 >>> why?
22 >>
23 >> Because I like categories much more than I do prefixes.
24 >>
25 >
26 > But right now all virtuals are easily recognizable and nicely grouped
27 > into one category. From my point of view that's the best categorization
28 > we could ask for ... what would we gain from changing it?
29 >
30
31 Nothing IMO.
32
33 +1 to keep virtuals as they are now.
34
35 Regards,
36
37 --
38 Rafael Goncalves Martins
39 Gentoo Linux developer
40 http://rafaelmartins.eng.br/