Re: [gentoo-dev] new categories: (was: Last Rites: games-puzzle/ksudoku)

[AllenJB]

Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Excuse me for thread hijack.
>
> Would it make sense to add (for example):
>
>   kde-games
>   gnome-games
>
> ?
>
> Or the other way around. Move kde-base/kmail to mail-client/kmail ?
>
> What about both ways using symlinks: kde-games/ksudoku -> games-puzzle/ksudoku ?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Norberto
>
Personally I prefer all the "official" kde package in kde-base - it 
allows me to quickly know that this given package is part of the 
official KDE package set.

I don't see a need for kde-games - it's pretty clear from the 
descriptions which of the kde-base packages are games, and for the 
reason stated above I don't like the idea of mixing "official" and 
"unofficial" packages.

I suspect symlinks are likely to cause issues (what happens if you try 
to install both kde-games/ksudoku and games-puzzle/ksudoku?) and as far 
as I know are never used in the package tree.

Package moves like this are occasionally going to happen, no matter how 
you structure the repository. The only real question here is whether 
this is a package move (in which case, I believe, portage goes through 
and updates /etc/portage/package.*, world and possibly custom sets 
contents automatically) or just a package mask (in which case it's up to 
the user to do all those updates)

AllenJB