Hi,

On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 at 00:05, "mr.doojin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On gentoo linux, there are package categories like app-emacs and app-shells.
>
> Packages are named like app-emacs/magit and app-shells/bash.
>
> I think including package category in the package name is going to be
> cool. Instead of emacs-magit, we can have emacs/magit or
> app-emacs/magit.

I’m not sure to get what is different from what it’s already there.


> Inside emacs-magit-minimal, emacs is the category name, and minimal is
> the variant name.
>
> emacs/magit[minimal] is clearer to humans and computers.

Maybe.  However, this change comes with a lot of modifications that
appear to me impossible in practise.  Well, 1. it would be tedious to
have a transition plan – we cannot break all the manifests
overnight. ;-)  And 2. this cost does not seem compensated by the
readibility it would bring, IMHO, aside “category” is always a can of
worms. ;-)

Cheers,
simon

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