On 28 March 2012 20:46, Alex Alexander <wi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > For example, my /usr/portage/ on this system looks like this: > > portage/ > tree/ > profiles/ -> tree/profiles/ > distfiles/ > packages/ > layman/ > > it is a big improvement over the current > distfiles-and-packages-mixed-with-tree-while-layman-wanders state :) > --
I'd rather the gentoo tree be classed as the same tier as other sources, ie, more like: > portage/ > profiles/ -> repositories/gentoo/profiles/ > distfiles/ > packages/ > repositories/gentoo/ > repositories/sunrise/ At least that way the notion of overlays is less of a "3rd class citzens, filth, scum" comparison., and ::gentoo being the "master repository" is just a configuration convention, not something that is a fixed design constraint. Fwiw, I've also long despised the layout of the distfiles directory being a flat hierarchy, it makes the directory a festering pit of hellspawn over time on any filesystem that doesn't have dirindex. ( I've seriously had "ls" take up to a minute to run in that directory, and if I've ever made the mistake of trying to tab compete something in there .... /usr/portage/distfiles/foo<tab> is my normal muscle memory response, and then it sits there doing nothing for a minute and it would have been faster to just finish typing it myself =_= ) Though I don't have any solution better than a "break it into 26 subdirs by first letter" . -- Kent perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz
