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On 10/04/03 Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> > > IMO, categories are merely useful for when searching for packages |
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> > > and shouldn't really be needed for knowing what a package is |
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> > > especially since two packages cannot have the same name. |
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> > Is that true? I thought the category was part of the package name. |
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> If it were part of the package name, why aren't the database firebird |
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> and the browser firebird allowed to have the same name? |
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They can have the same name for portage, but this should be avoided as |
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it is not transparent for users if they type "emerge firebird" which one |
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will be chosen. |
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> > > AFAIK, this already should work. Note I don't use -u nor the world |
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> > > metakeyword (at least until Portage supports sticky USE), though. |
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> > But have you personally tested it, or can you point me to somewhere |
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> > where this behaviour is documented? I don't like assumptions. |
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> Just because I think it is possible to do doesn't mean I know how to |
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> do it ;) For example, I know it's possible to make a Java ebuild, but |
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> I don't know where to start for that. |
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How about the java and java-pkg eclasses? |
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The renaming of ebuilds is possible but requires manual work and still |
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creates some problems, so I recommend against it unless it's necessary. |
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The -src suffix for package names to select cource code installs would |
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require a major change to the package-name parsing code. |
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Personally I don't see any benefit from your proposal other that it will |
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require a lot of work, confuse users and create a lot of other problems |
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not thought of yet. |
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Marius |
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