On Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:20:25 +0100
Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 2024-01-07 at 09:50 -0500, Yuan Liao (Leo3418) wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 07, 2024 at 03:46:23PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote:  
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Another idea for a new category: dev-build.  Proposed description:
> > > 
> > >   Build systems and related tools.  
> > 
> > Have you considered the name 'dev-buildsys'?  More straightforward
> > in my opinion, with the cost of a longer length.  
> 
> I have but I don't like the idea of half-shortcuts.  Also, we are
> really including some "building" tools like make that aren't really
> "systems".
> 

I suggest that ninja, samurai, bmake, pmake and make are all in the
same category. Currently the first two are in dev-util while the rest
are in sys-devel while they are all build tools that fill a similar
need.

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