From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 578C7138334 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 01:34:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 333EFE0969; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 01:34:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B520CE092C for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 01:34:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from professor-x (d108-172-194-6.bchsia.telus.net [108.172.194.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: dolsen) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C613C335D3A for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 01:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:34:38 -0700 From: Brian Dolbec To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree Message-ID: <20180712183438.104ee29a@professor-x> In-Reply-To: References: <20180710200923.GA21918@linux1.home> <5f2b3a86-c7d5-f588-5ea3-4c13055d8324@gentoo.org> <20180712031636.GA1747@linux1.home> <20180712124707.30ed0821@professor-x> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; 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: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: eac12253-34ee-4602-bef0-d67fba6493de X-Archives-Hash: 9c51f6a9349cd30ff1fe099d1ae4b1f4 On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:35:41 -0700 Raymond Jennings wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:47 PM Brian Dolbec > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:49:37 -0700 > > Raymond Jennings wrote: > > > > > In that case, I vote for /var/cache/portage, since that's > > > literally what purpose it serves. Namely, the cache of the > > > gentoo infra's current copy of teh portage tree. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 11:00 AM Alec Warner > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Raymond Jennings > > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Just for the record, but would putting a setting inside > > > >> /etc/portage/make.conf be the appropriate way to handle this? > > > >> > > > > > > > > The settings already exist (and have existed for 10 years.) This > > > > bikeshed discussion is literally trying to decide what the > > > > default should be. > > > > > > > > -A > > > > > > > > > > > This is not a personal attack against you. Just picked this one to > > say something again... > > > > > > PLEASE, PLEASE stop calling it the "portage" tree. The repo name is > > "gentoo". "portage is the default package manager, but not the only > > choice. Far too often, it takes awhile to figure out what someone > > is trying to say because of that confusion between the tree and the > > package manager. > > Point of order: > > http://distfiles.gentoo.org/snapshots and numerous pieces of > documentation call it "portage" > > The confusion is ingrained by documentation. > Yes, it is, and well we can't very well change the documentation until we can get an end to this new default path bikeshed. Council will need to make the decision (soon I hope)... Then we make all the changes necessary. -- Brian Dolbec