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>>>>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018, Brian Dolbec wrote: |
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> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:31:15 +0200 |
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> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>> >>>>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018, Corentin “Nado” Pazdera wrote: |
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>> > From the same source |
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>> > "No other requirements are made on the data format of the cache |
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>> > directories." |
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>> > And as you have quoted it, everything under /var/cache is |
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>> > optional. |
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>> > So anything which doesn't conflict with another package seems |
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>> > fine according to FHS. |
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>> That's how I would read it, too. We could of course invent a |
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>> package name (like "package-manager" for virtual/package-manager) |
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>> but it seems cumbersome, and I don't see any benefit of it. |
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>> There also is /var/cache/fonts, so the FHS itself lists an example |
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>> of a directory that's not named after a specific package. |
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> /var/db/repos/gentoo |
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> /var/cache/distfiles |
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> /var/cache/binpkgs |
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For the record, these three paths have been approved in today's |
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Council meeting. |
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> Works for me, just please keep "portage" out of it, after all |
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> distfiles are not restricted to portage use only, and neither are |
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> binpkgs. There is alternate binpkg installers. |
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By another Council vote, snapshot names should be changed from |
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portage-YYYYMMDD.tar.{bz2,xz} to gentoo-YYYYMMDD.tar.{bz2,xz}. |
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So, no "portage" any more. ;) |
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Ulrich |