From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25658 invoked by uid 1002); 2 Jun 2003 16:06:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13948 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2003 16:06:48 -0000 From: Todd Berman Reply-To: tberman@gentoo.org To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <3EDB74CB.4010406@helide.com> References: <1054557468.16242.5.camel@carbon.internal.lan> <20030602132429.GA12256%chutz@gg3.net> <3EDB74CB.4010406@helide.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-E50ombtK2a33zSvTft11" Organization: Message-Id: <1054569924.19464.7.camel@phaze> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.2 (Preview Release) Date: 02 Jun 2003 12:05:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] namespace and categories ( was: Media-music category) X-Archives-Salt: 08460a20-617a-46de-8f31-5c20f54647f5 X-Archives-Hash: d9235bdabb4755af7629da5b014ba5ed --=-E50ombtK2a33zSvTft11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I would separate namespace and categories: let portage work with a > *flat* namespace that does not depend on categorization. A package may > well fit in more than one category, as you say. As far as I know, portage does work on a flat namespace, well, relatively f= lat at least :) > I find categorization too arbitrary to include in a robust tool like > portage. So, give the users a 'category view' on top a flat namespace, > but use these categories only for information. In fact, categories can > be made of only a hierarchy of symlinks to the main directory: >=20 > =BF Too much files in the main directory then ? That's is a different > problem. But not one that justifies, on its own, the use of categories. > > Rolf >=20 > (My first post here: hi all) wrt to the rest of that, I am actually in favor of MORE categorization. I think instead of having dev-this, dev-that, etc, it should be dev/this and dev/that. --Todd --=-E50ombtK2a33zSvTft11 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+23XEPaCtt9MQLlARAvk6AKCPR6vYH3gIg/u+G3tLe5D70ZdTIwCeNtOV WepYnihsdvATv+TXIRXjbic= =zNBM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-E50ombtK2a33zSvTft11--