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Hi, |
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On 3/6/06, Michael Renner <robe@××××××.at> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> as suggested by Mike in http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123335, |
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> here's my proposal for changing the layout of the distfiles tree: |
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> Introducing an additional directory hierarchy should fix this, and is |
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> the common solution for this problem for various projects, be it debian |
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> [1], cpan [2], slackware [3], etc. |
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Why not have the directory structure follow the package category |
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structure? E.g. the distfiles for package foo/bar goes into the |
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directory ${MIRROR_ROOT}/foo/bar? |
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This should be easy enough to support in Portage, and if applied to |
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the /usr/portage/distfiles directory too, would solve a few other |
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problems. It also has the advantage of grouping the distfiles in a |
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way that users would find natural to browse. |
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There is the problem of what happens when a package moves, but I think |
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that's easily solved too. |
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Best regards, |
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Stu |
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