Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed shift of files in the tree of non profiles files into seperate dir

[Marius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org>]

On 08/30/05  Chris Gianelloni wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 01:03 -0500, Brian Harring wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 03:42:25AM -0500, Brian Harring wrote:
> > > Hola all.
> > > 
> > > Straight to the point, I'm proposing that the following files-
> > > arch.list
> > > categories
> > > use.desc
> > > use.local.desc
> > > package.mask
> > > updates
> > 
> > Addition to this list: thirdpartymirrors .
> 
> Question about thirdpartymirrors (this is for everyone, not just
> Brian)...
> 
> What is the preferred method for listing mirrors, just listing the
> site name, or listing the site name plus path to the particular item?
> 
> The reason that I ask is the 3dgamers mirror rotation could have the
> paths added to it, which would actually shorten a lot of SRC_URI's in
> quite a few games ebuilds.

IMO use the longest path that works for all ebuilds using that mirror
entry.

Marius

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