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From: Rolf Veen <rolf.veen@××××××.com>
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Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] namespace and categories ( was: Media-music category)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 16:03:46
Message-Id: 3EDB74CB.4010406@helide.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Media-music category by Georgi Georgiev
1 Georgi Georgiev wrote:
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3 > BTW, if the duplicate-names package problem is resolved once and for all, it
4 > wouldn't be too bad an idea to let a package exist in different categories at
5 > the same time. A symlink could do the trick, and it would also make sure that
6 > more people find the package they need. It would also make for categorizing
7 > those hard to categorize packages.
8
9 I would separate namespace and categories: let portage work with a
10 *flat* namespace that does not depend on categorization. A package may
11 well fit in more than one category, as you say.
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13 I find categorization too arbitrary to include in a robust tool like
14 portage. So, give the users a 'category view' on top a flat namespace,
15 but use these categories only for information. In fact, categories can
16 be made of only a hierarchy of symlinks to the main directory:
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18 ¿ Too much files in the main directory then ? That's is a different
19 problem. But not one that justifies, on its own, the use of categories.
20
21 Rolf
22
23 (My first post here: hi all)
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