From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9exq-0004fn-Jx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:25:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7T8NSxJ002762; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:23:28 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7T8LnPN020005 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:21:49 GMT Received: from cpe-65-26-255-237.wi.res.rr.com ([65.26.255.237] helo=nightcrawler) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1E9eve-0000Va-4b for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:23:42 +0000 Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:23:42 -0500 From: Brian Harring To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed shift of files in the tree of non profiles files into seperate dir Message-ID: <20050829082341.GE18464@nightcrawler> References: <20050827084225.GW1701@nightcrawler> <20050902081739.63c88c3e@andy.genone.homeip.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050902081739.63c88c3e@andy.genone.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 5ba0fdb2-789d-473e-8f46-109156175c23 X-Archives-Hash: b97391f7d841d858b7cea82ea6f13df5 --nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:17:39AM +0200, Marius Mauch wrote: > On 08/27/05 Brian Harring wrote: > > Straight to the point, I'm proposing that the following files- > > arch.list > > categories > > use.desc > > use.local.desc > > package.mask > > updates > >=20 > > be moved out of the profiles directory in the tree, and into the > > existing metadata directory personally, due to the fact that the > > files above are essentially repository metadata. Why move them *now* > > when they've been around forever? >=20 > [snip] >=20 > Don't mind moving them, BUT > - metadata is a stupid location for them for several reasons being? metadata already holds global repository information, time of=20 repositories generation, pregenerated cache, glsa set... It holds global metadata for the repository. > - don't really like adding more cruft to the regen script Agreed. That said, users bitching when the don't upgrade their tools,=20 and said tools start breaking isn't fun. > - why move them now and then move/redesgin them again when someone > finally makes a sane profiles design (yeah, I've talked about that for > months now :-/) Anyone after redesigning profiles has their hands full. Do this=20 change now, profile redesign isn't burdened with dealing with this=20 mess. This change over as indicated in other postings to this thread=20 also would prepare for allowing full capabilities to standalone=20 repositories, rather then coming up with a hack that pulls the data=20 =66rom profiles. The change over can be done pretty cleanly, and organizes stuff as it=20 should be, in preparation of upcoming tweaks/capabilities/whatever. I'd rather nip this now, rather then when it starts creating problems=20 down the line. ~harring --nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDEsYNvdBxRoA3VU0RArlWAJ4rpgDrEpkpBR2iqjroicH0ovQrdQCggqWg G12CpKvpuEEVaBaYIklooiI= =PVU5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nHwqXXcoX0o6fKCv-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list