On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:31 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 06:58:11AM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:25 AM, George Shapovalov <geo...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> > On Thursday 20 December 2012 09:11:39 Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> >> > /var/cache/repositories/local <== the new location for a local >> >> > overlay >> >> >> >> Also I wonder if local overlays should be in /var/cache? It might not >> >> always be possible to restore them. >> > So, this is the present /usr/local/portage? What's wrong with it? >> > According to FHS, /usr/local/ is reserved for local admin meddling, which >> > fits >> > the bill rather nicely fo local overlay. This is the one location that was >> > actually making sense from the beginning. >> >> I actually like the /var/cache/repositories approach. You can always >> add a symlink to it if you want to for convenience (as I already do >> for /var/lib/portage/world). There is really nothing special about >> /usr/portage, other than it being the lowest-priority overlay. > > If we do this, I don't like the name repositories -- what kind of > repositories? should I put git repositories in there?
I was pondering this, too. How about 'pms', for trees and overlays? -- :wq
