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From: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Naming of repositories: gento-x86 edition, bike shedding wanted
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 02:20:24
Message-Id: 20150314192010.19536ed8.dolsen@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Naming of repositories: gento-x86 edition, bike shedding wanted by Ben de Groot
1 On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:04:55 +0800
2 Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 15 March 2015 at 06:34, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o>
5 > wrote:
6 > > imho,
7 > >
8 > >> Questions:
9 > >> 0. What names for the tree/repository.
10 > >
11 > > "gentoo"
12 > > (it's also the repo_name)
13 >
14 > Our repo is already named "gentoo", so this makes the most sense.
15 >
16 > But I wouldn't mind "gentoo-main" either. But then we should also
17 > change the repo_name.
18 >
19 > While we are at it, can we change the default location from
20 > /usr/portage to something like /var/repos/${repo_name} then?
21 >
22
23 The hold up for that was catalyst which had /usr/portage hardcoded all
24 over the place. Not only that, but the hard-coded path was also used
25 as both a variable name and path at the same time. :(
26
27 I have nearly all the 3.0 rewrite branch merged into master finally.
28 I'll begin some testing again soon to make sure it works properly with
29 the "gentoo" repo relocated. It shouldn't be long to have a new
30 release based on the 3.0 re-write making stages for release.
31
32 --
33 Brian Dolbec <dolsen>