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This is a mostly inconsequential issue, but the Git migration provides |
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us a chance to make a clean break... |
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The repository of our ebuilds and the name of the CVS module have been |
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called gentoo-x86 since the start of Gentoo, because it originally was |
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only for x86. Here's the very first ebuild added to CVS [1], Portage |
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v1.1 is also early on [2]. |
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On the rsync side, it was originally called gentoo-x86-portage, and then |
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between the 1.2 and 1.4 release (early 2003), the stages switched to |
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using the name 'gentoo-portage'; as recently as 2010, various mirrors |
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were STILL fetching from the name of gentoo-x86-portage, when we |
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reminded them that they should have switched years ago. |
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All of these names have caused some confusion. Trying to explain to a |
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new user that the Portage tree refers to the collection of ebuilds used |
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by a PMS-compliant package manager (eg Portage) is problematic. |
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To that end, I'd like us to brainstorm names for the new |
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bikeshed^R^R^R^R^R^R^R^R |
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repository, to go live at the time of the Git migration. |
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It will be the single tree that contains what you find today in the |
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gentoo-x86 CVS module; and on rsync as gentoo-x86-portage and |
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gentoo-portage. |
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Ideally, it should be something that works as a relatively unique |
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identifier (Portage is bad as it refers to both the package manager and |
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the tree), and fits easily into discussions, both in-person and online. |
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Questions: |
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0. What names for the tree/repository. |
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1. We have some namespaces in Git: proj, dev, priv, data, sites, exp; should |
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the tree be in one of those namespaces, a new namespace, or be without |
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a namespace? git://anongit.gentoo.org/NEW-NAME.git. |
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[1] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-mail/mutt/mutt-1.2.5-1.ebuild?hideattic=0&revision=1.1&view=markup&sortby=date |
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[2] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/portage/files/ebuild?hideattic=0&revision=1.1&view=markup&sortby=date#l1051 |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 |
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