On Sunday 17 January 2010 15:31:26 Thilo Bangert wrote:
> Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> said:
> > I realise this is a lost cause, but... Repositories are databases, so
> > /var/db/ is your friend.
> 
> i like it. Closely followed by /var/lib/layman...
> 
> wikipedia says in
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
> 
> /var/lib/
>   State information. Persistent data modified by programs as they run,
> e.g., databases, packaging system metadata, etc.
> 
> /var/layman i dislike due to this sentence in the FHS:
> 
>    "Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of
> /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some system-wide
> implication[...]"

while i think portage/layman should have their tree split up better, i dont 
think this particular argument applies considering portage (and any overlays 
it uses) absolutely has system-wide implications ...
-mike