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Georgi Georgiev wrote: |
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> BTW, if the duplicate-names package problem is resolved once and for all, it |
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> wouldn't be too bad an idea to let a package exist in different categories at |
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> the same time. A symlink could do the trick, and it would also make sure that |
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> more people find the package they need. It would also make for categorizing |
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> those hard to categorize packages. |
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I would separate namespace and categories: let portage work with a |
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*flat* namespace that does not depend on categorization. A package may |
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well fit in more than one category, as you say. |
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I find categorization too arbitrary to include in a robust tool like |
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portage. So, give the users a 'category view' on top a flat namespace, |
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but use these categories only for information. In fact, categories can |
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be made of only a hierarchy of symlinks to the main directory: |
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¿ Too much files in the main directory then ? That's is a different |
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problem. But not one that justifies, on its own, the use of categories. |
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Rolf |
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(My first post here: hi all) |
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