[gentoo-dev] FHS compliance

[Chris Moore <kurisu@softhome.net>]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this but whatever... 
Gentoo is an awesome distrobution and about the only thing that I can 
point my finger on that I would like to see changed is FHS compliance 
(well mostly...)  For the most part it even meets fhs compliance but 
here is (and I know this would take some work...) how to fix it.

Move the portage package ebuild filetree from /usr/portage to 
/var/lib/portage ( See 5.8.3 +-<pkgtool> and cross reference the 
purposes of the /usr hierarchy with the purpose of /var which is 
summarized as follows: /usr's purpose is shareable read-only data 
(ebuilds are updated!) /var's purpose is sharable/unsharable DYNAMIC 
application data (such as the ebuild dirtree) and /var/lib has the 
specific option for the package tool's dynamic data)

Why would anyone want to do this you ask.  Well, standards are only as 
good as we make them by embracing them... One complaint about *nix is 
that the filesystem is difficult to navigate leaving you guessing as to 
where you need to look for something as it can change from computer to 
computer.  This standard tries to remove that confusion.

Regardless I understand it is a lot of work to move around etc. but I 
think that it is a good move that makes more sense.

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         Chris Moore
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