From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5971381F3 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 426B021C0E6; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f180.google.com (mail-we0-f180.google.com [74.125.82.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2A8F21C128 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:41:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f180.google.com with SMTP id t57so1793509wey.25 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:41:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=opTxdit+GKbQHJ7SW4tmK1gnr/OdjRE7AAEb8xzFEYE=; b=0tSFlQUi5TPcG0APGE8mzGk4iwPT4jAjrxo02t66byx8jp6k6oU769wyy1NtlmfexQ Pk8yI5Wg+fXZFvBvTC6BSAL0Vf/QIImUXLrXsADCU7tzqLn1MvYok0DRVZat0Mbh474o vB5UHsRBvyXUEaLaTfG/IUg9FtqgY+dv8WJtDLiDqW5n2ivHti2JyjaC95Dv1o8cdyx6 J/dvvcwLNXU43waCcLlR9dVIlcMTIh0X04Gi24hddGQnS3h2UwuHfeXaFDpBnXSrwRcS cPprdIAZt4twLVFwApzix6jf/utStvW91yfgirvXBzB+NrlSyWQPq7j9TcXD5Hci2wcg ON6w== X-Received: by 10.194.58.175 with SMTP id s15mr20014707wjq.31.1356039714342; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:41:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dm3sm27047674wib.9.2012.12.20.13.41.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:41:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:40:26 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var Message-ID: <20121220214026.4fe40fee@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20691.23700.89631.529730@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <7546589.4cZ9dCx8p9@bart> <50D1B94F.3080201@flameeyes.eu> <20689.50332.706030.896119@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <50D1C79C.3000809@flameeyes.eu> <20121220000145.0fc3f6c6@khamul.example.com> <50D23D88.70600@gentoo.org> <1355964593.2648.123.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <20690.51259.390916.546883@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <1356017872.2648.145.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <50D33654.7080002@gentoo.org> <50D33A7F.9000408@flameeyes.eu> <20691.17747.70039.49735@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20691.20070.198902.376447@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20121220181937.74d1d319@googlemail.com> <20691.23700.89631.529730@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/m7fFpnE0sOUNLC+dJti8/AS"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: e805afb0-711e-48d7-b875-5ccb2cae6922 X-Archives-Hash: 4d78ce0805ab31246919725523f33059 --Sig_/m7fFpnE0sOUNLC+dJti8/AS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:44:36 +0100 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> We should go with a shorter (easier to remember, easier to type) > >> path and move things at least one level up. Two would be even > >> better. >=20 > > You shouldn't ever be typing that path in... >=20 > Ebuilds tell users to do so: >=20 > pkg_nofetch() { > einfo "Please download ${foo} and place it in ${DISTDIR}" > } >=20 I believe Unix has a facility for taking bits of text that are on the screen and copying them without the need to type the whole thing in. But in any case, DISTDIR shouldn't be under the repository dir at all. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/m7fFpnE0sOUNLC+dJti8/AS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlDThc4ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGpawCdH/lGneE4BOHn0c/c0hWDJ5T4 wFwAn3BYXnwm7oVXFg85eeTw+Htf/v8Y =R/JW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/m7fFpnE0sOUNLC+dJti8/AS--