On 10/04/03  Luke-Jr wrote:

> > > IMO, categories are merely useful for when searching for packages
> > > and shouldn't really be needed for knowing what a package is
> > > especially since two packages cannot have the same name.
> > Is that true?  I thought the category was part of the package name.
> If it were part of the package name, why aren't the database firebird
> and the browser firebird allowed to have the same name?

They can have the same name for portage, but this should be avoided as
it is not transparent for users if they type "emerge firebird" which one
will be chosen.

> > > AFAIK, this already should work. Note I don't use -u nor the world
> > > metakeyword (at least until Portage supports sticky USE), though.
> > But have you personally tested it, or can you point me to somewhere
> > where this behaviour is documented?  I don't like assumptions.
> Just because I think it is possible to do doesn't mean I know how to
> do it ;) For example, I know it's possible to make a Java ebuild, but
> I don't know where to start for that.

How about the java and java-pkg eclasses?
The renaming of ebuilds is possible but requires manual work and still
creates some problems, so I recommend against it unless it's necessary.
The -src suffix for package names to select cource code installs would
require a major change to the package-name parsing code.

Personally I don't see any benefit from your proposal other that it will
require a lot of work, confuse users and create a lot of other problems
not thought of yet.

Marius

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