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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree (was: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2018-07-29)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:31:51
Message-Id: CAEdQ38Emny89f0fZsJBx1qpzScD015Gqk-V4Th8iW6_E9C2_og@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree (was: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2018-07-29) by Rich Freeman
1 On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:56 PM Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
5 >> >
6 >> > So, considering all the feedback from mailing list and IRC:
7 >> >
8 >> > /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo
9 >> > /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/distfiles
10 >> > /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/binpkgs
11 >> >
12 >> > Open question: Should we have the additional "gentoo" path component
13 >> > for the ones in /var/cache? The tradeoff is between a path that is
14 >> > easier to type, or slightly easier usage if someone wants to NFS mount
15 >> > distfiles and binpkgs.
16 >>
17 >> That proposal has by vote of support. No strong preference on whether
18 >> to include gentoo/ or not. It's one NFS mount vs two so not a big deal
19 >> either way.
20 >>
21 >
22 > Why not stick the repos in /var/repos and not /var/db/repos? If we're
23 > just making up paths, why not make up a shorter one? I don't think
24 > any other linux distros use /var/db...
25
26 That would be fine with me as well :)