On 20 December 2012 17:44, Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Michael Mol wrote: > >>>>> /var/cache/portage/distfiles >>>>> /var/cache/portage/repositories/gentoo >>>>> /var/cache/portage/repositories/{sunrise,kde,gnome,whatever,layman,grabs} >>>>> /var/db/portage/repositories/{non-cache,repo,names,go,here} > >>> -1 >>> >>> The subdirs are too deeply nested. (Ebuilds would be at the eighth >>> level then...) > >> Maybe I missed something...but what's wrong with that? > > There's no good reason for nesting it so deeply. As it is proposed > above, /var/cache/portage would contain only two subdirectories, and > /var/cache/portage/repositories only a single "gentoo" on a stable > system. Also /var/cache itself isn't overpopulated; I count about ten > entries on my systems. > > We should go with a shorter (easier to remember, easier to type) path > and move things at least one level up. Two would be even better. > >>> Let's put the tree in /var/cache/portage please, and distfiles in >>> /var/cache/distfiles. Layman overlays can stay where they are, or >>> move to /var/cache/layman. > > Ulrich >
Yeah +1 to that. Makes more sense to me -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2