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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:05:20 -0700 Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> |
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| Just so we're clear, I probably will wedgie anyone who suggests |
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| trying to extend the existing tree format with N categories per pkg- |
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| sounds nice on paper, but it makes lookup a serious pita- |
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| sys-apps/portage, we'll pretend it's actually located in sys-apps, |
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| and it's also in category 'pkg-managers'. An atom states |
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| 'pkg-managers/portage'; how does a pkg manager do a lookup for it? |
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If you're looking to preserve linear / log-linear lookup times, you do |
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it by having two types of object: 'real' packages and package aliases. |
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I tried implementing it a while back for Paludis just to see if it'd be |
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of any use. There're a few cases where it might be neat but there's no |
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way it's worth trying to get Portage to do such a thing... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk |
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