From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 451 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2004 02:49:58 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 26 Jul 2004 02:49:58 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BovYp-0008HC-Gy for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:49:56 +0000 Received: (qmail 14016 invoked by uid 89); 26 Jul 2004 02:49:55 +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 9914 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2004 02:49:54 +0000 Message-ID: <1b6901c472bb$39f4eca0$0500a8c0@EPOX2> From: "Gavin" To: References: <0FD0031C-DD92-11D8-B5A6-000D93283962@gentoo.org> <4102CC74.1020709@gentoo.org> <7760.205.241.48.33.1090715661.squirrel@spidermail.richmond.edu> <1090785447.7929.3.camel@localhost> <41044B4B.70103@gentoo.org> <00b901c4728f$eae19a80$0500a8c0@EPOX2> <1090807025.8584.4.camel@localhost> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:46:00 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New drivers category in portage (Was[gentoo-dev] macos mess) X-Archives-Salt: ded936b4-223b-483d-8938-7967c47653e0 X-Archives-Hash: 2aa7282560e5b8e701882e6cacfefce0 Ok, if I define /usr/portage/ as a set of categorized = ebuilds for various software "packages", then I can define "dimensions" = as abstract groupings of existing Gentoo portage "". Using = this terminology, for the purposes of my prior suggestion/question = regarding filtering out the "bloat" (unnecessary bandwidth consumed) = during an "emerge sync", I further define the following as descriptions = of candidate "dimensions": o TYPE, as in "drivers-${TYPE}" o "" o requires X o requires KDE o requires Gnome o requires "platform" o requires a specific type of kernel (e.g. linux, freebsd, openbsd), or = subtype (e.g. linux/mm) . . o many other possibilities I'm primarily interested in using Gentoo as a server platform. Large = portions of the portage tree might be irrelevant to those with various = specialized purposes. My hypothesis centers around the idea that = "" form an inadequate set of "dimensions" by which users = might utilize as criteria for exclusion during "emerge sync". = Furthermore, as more "" and ebuilds are added, the manual = effort required to update a RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM list rises along with the = bandwidth consumed. Cheers, Gavin ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Donnie Berkholz" To: Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New drivers category in portage = (Was[gentoo-dev] macos mess) On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 17:38, Gavin wrote: > If we're adding another dimension of things that are irrelevant to my = platform, I'm not addressing the rest of your email. But we're not talking about adding another dimension, merely expanding an existing one (categories) and moving some packages in other categories to a potentially more appropriate location. --=20 Donnie Berkholz Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list