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From: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@××××××.it>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:34:06
Message-Id: 200812311533.14780.rossi.f@inwind.it
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files by Marius Mauch
1 On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Marius Mauch wrote:
2
3 > Well, the impact is about the same wether you want to change one or the
4 > other (btw, what about other admin tools on Gentoo, e.g.
5 > paludis/pkgcore, by your definition they'd also have to go
6 > into /var/lib/gentoo, right?)
7
8 Yes. So you don't think that a /var/lib/<distribution_name> directory makes
9 sense for collecting all admin files *strictly* related to the distribution,
10 do you?
11
12 If portage/paludis/pkgcore were used in other distributions I'd not consider
13 their files related to the admin purposes of one specific distrib, at that
14 point their files could be directly put inside /var/lib.
15
16 > and that impact is non-trivial (it's not so much the code changes themselves
17 > but the inevitable transition problems).
18
19 This might be the real issue, the transition problems generated by the move.
20
21 > Compared to the IMO very questionable benefit of a "cleaner"
22 > filesystem (by hiding files users usually don't see anyway one level
23 > deeper in the tree structure) that more or less goes against the FHS,
24 > that doesn't sound like a good deal to me.
25
26 Ok, but at the end we have an exception in the tree (/var/lib/gentoo/news/)
27 which is not justified (looking at the current discussion). My proposal has
28 arisen after having seen the /var/lib/gentoo/news/ hierarchy.
29
30 Regards,
31 Fabio

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Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files "Santiago M. Mola" <coldwind@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@××××××.fm>