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On 28 March 2012 20:46, Alex Alexander <wired@g.o> wrote: |
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> For example, my /usr/portage/ on this system looks like this: |
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> portage/ |
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> tree/ |
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> profiles/ -> tree/profiles/ |
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> distfiles/ |
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> packages/ |
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> layman/ |
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> it is a big improvement over the current |
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> distfiles-and-packages-mixed-with-tree-while-layman-wanders state :) |
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> -- |
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I'd rather the gentoo tree be classed as the same tier as other |
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sources, ie, more like: |
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> portage/ |
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> profiles/ -> repositories/gentoo/profiles/ |
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> distfiles/ |
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> packages/ |
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> repositories/gentoo/ |
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> repositories/sunrise/ |
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At least that way the notion of overlays is less of a "3rd class |
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citzens, filth, scum" comparison., and ::gentoo being the "master |
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repository" is just a configuration convention, not something that is |
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a fixed design constraint. |
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Fwiw, I've also long despised the layout of the distfiles directory |
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being a flat hierarchy, it makes the directory a festering pit of |
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hellspawn over time on any filesystem that doesn't have dirindex. ( |
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I've seriously had "ls" take up to a minute to run in that directory, |
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and if I've ever made the mistake of trying to tab compete something |
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in there .... /usr/portage/distfiles/foo<tab> is my normal muscle |
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memory response, and then it sits there doing nothing for a minute and |
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it would have been faster to just finish typing it myself =_= ) |
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Though I don't have any solution better than a "break it into 26 |
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subdirs by first letter" . |
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Kent |
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perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, |
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3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" |
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