On Fri, 20 May 2016 11:30:59 -0400
Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 05/20/2016 11:21 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > Getting into implementation details, I'd probably go for:
> > 
> >   INSTALL_MASK="@bash-completion"
> > 
> > but the exact syntax is left for various package managers. Paludis
> > and pkgcore would probably prefer a proper configuration file.
> > 
> 
> Ok, thanks.
> 
> Isn't "@bash-completion" a well-defined path[0]? Since the reference
> implementation is TODO, I'm wary of specifying something that may be
> unworkable.
> 
> 
> [0] I think -- it would be helpful to define "well-defined path"
>     and "direct path".

I'd make '@' signify group names, like we do for sets. This would have
the side limitation that it would make it impossible to filter
filenames starting with '@' with the currently supported
path-or-filename syntax.

--
Michał Górny