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On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 3:47 AM, Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:49:37 -0700 |
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> Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> |
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>> In that case, I vote for /var/cache/portage, since that's literally |
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>> what purpose it serves. Namely, the cache of the gentoo infra's |
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>> current copy of teh portage tree. |
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>> |
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>> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 11:00 AM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> |
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>> wrote: |
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>> > |
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>> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Raymond Jennings |
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>> > <shentino@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Just for the record, but would putting a setting inside |
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>> >> /etc/portage/make.conf be the appropriate way to handle this? |
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>> >> |
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>> > |
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>> > The settings already exist (and have existed for 10 years.) This |
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>> > bikeshed discussion is literally trying to decide what the default |
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>> > should be. |
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>> > |
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>> > -A |
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>> > |
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>> |
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> This is not a personal attack against you. Just picked this one to say |
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> something again... |
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> PLEASE, PLEASE stop calling it the "portage" tree. The repo name is |
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> "gentoo". "portage is the default package manager, but not the only |
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> choice. Far too often, it takes awhile to figure out what someone is |
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> trying to say because of that confusion between the tree and the |
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> package manager. |
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> PLUS, it has been decided already long ago that the directory name |
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> should reflect the repository name. We have been enforcing that rule |
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> for overlays for a long time. It has just been taking a long time to |
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> get our tooling in order so that we can change our own to follow that |
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> rule. |
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> So, "portage" should not be a directory name in the new default path. |
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> -- |
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> Brian Dolbec <dolsen> |
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I don't mind calling ::gentoo as Gentoo's official ebuild repository, |
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but it also has been "a portage tree", and "the portage tree" by |
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default context. If you imply that people should change convention to |
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something more PMS friendly, be explicit, and perhaps make it |
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official, and the let them decide for themselves. Be fair at reminding |
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that it has been there, but it's better be changed for PMS's sake. |
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Don't make it look like the usage has always been wrong. |
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