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Sorry, Stuart. KMail sucks, so you'll get this email twice. |
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On Sunday 07 November 2004 22:39, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> net-misc is the perfect example of why additional categories are a *good* |
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> idea. Not only is it difficult to see what's available, but places like |
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> that simply become a huge dumping ground for unmaintained ebuilds. |
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I don't say anything else. Just categories with e.g. only a dozen ebuilds |
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shouldn't be created. |
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> If Portage supporting arbitrary-depth category trees, then we could |
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> organise things a lot easier. But until that happens, devs are going to |
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> have to accept the need for more directories in /usr/portage. |
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I don't think an arbitrary depths would be so helpful. Most likely it'd |
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slowdown portage. How about flatten the whole beast!? The categorization |
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hasn't to be done via directories. |
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Carsten |
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