mån 2010-01-18 klockan 12:40 +0100 skrev Michael Haubenwallner: > Alex Alexander wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 09:05:58AM +0100, Peter Hjalmarsson wrote: > >> I sometimes think the main problem is the tree itself. Portage really > >> should had a directory of its own, but maybe with anoher structure, > >> like /var/portage, /var/portage/tree (the current > >> PORTDIR), /var/portage/distfiles (i.e. split out distfiles from the tree > >> itself), /var/portage/overlays/layman or /var/portage/layman. > >> I of course realize that change the structure of the whole portdir would > >> had inresting complications, so take this comment just as serious as you > >> like. > <snip> > > /var/portage/ > > /var/portage/tree > > /var/portage/layman > > /var/portage/overlays (non-layman managed, layman could also be in here) > > /var/portage/distfiles > > /var/portage/packages > > Not that I really care, but are these "portage-only" and we might need > /var/{paludis,pkgcore,...}/*? So what about /var/gentoo/*? > > /haubi/
I think "gentoo" is too non-specific. "portage" is more or less a good name for everything with regards to the package management in gentoo. That there is a name collision between that and the default implementation of a package manager I see just as an coincidence. Just like Gentoo both can refer to a distribution and a file-browser. Or RPM is both a file-format and a tool to handle said file format.