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From: Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] namespace and categories ( was: Media-music category)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 16:27:40
Message-Id: 20030602162736.GA14984%chutz@gg3.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] namespace and categories ( was: Media-music category) by Todd Berman
1 On 02/06/2003 at 12:05:24(-0400), Todd Berman used 1.4Kbytes just to say:
2 > > I would separate namespace and categories: let portage work with a
3 > > *flat* namespace that does not depend on categorization. A package may
4 > > well fit in more than one category, as you say.
5 > As far as I know, portage does work on a flat namespace, well, relatively flat at least :)
6 > > I find categorization too arbitrary to include in a robust tool like
7 > > portage. So, give the users a 'category view' on top a flat namespace,
8 > > but use these categories only for information. In fact, categories can
9 > > be made of only a hierarchy of symlinks to the main directory:
10 > >
11 > > ¢Ä Too much files in the main directory then ? That's is a different
12 > > problem. But not one that justifies, on its own, the use of categories.
13 > >
14 > > Rolf
15 > >
16 > > (My first post here: hi all)
17 >
18 > wrt to the rest of that, I am actually in favor of MORE categorization.
19 > I think instead of having dev-this, dev-that, etc, it should be dev/this
20 > and dev/that.
21
22 Greatness!
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24 It was about time we got to that conclusion. A tree-like category view is what
25 portage needs. I add my vote in support for that. It seems lots of packages
26 would have to be renamed though - app-emacs/vm -> vm-emacs, app-xemacs/ispell
27 -> ispell-xemacs etc.
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