From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FBUfQ-0005QB-VG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:22:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1LAM37J009250; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:22:03 GMT Received: from pasmtp.tele.dk (pasmtp.tele.dk [193.162.159.95]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1LAKIKa029377 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:20:18 GMT Received: from [192.168.3.7] (gurlinet.dk [80.62.52.173]) by pasmtp.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060D71EC346 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:20:17 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43FAE977.3060009@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:20:39 +0100 From: Bjarke Istrup Pedersen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Putting all log related packages into it's own category (sys-logging) References: <43F9C08A.6020101@gentoo.org> <20060220203020.4c919c7a@c1358217.kevquinn.com> <1140478630.7208.29.camel@demandred.gnqs.org> In-Reply-To: <1140478630.7208.29.camel@demandred.gnqs.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=98BDACB1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 31384354-ef03-484b-b2e1-4be0d611735c X-Archives-Hash: 50970632d82017e08d6dd0918c26660d -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stuart Herbert skrev: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 20:30 +0100, Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) wrote: >> Personally I think unless there is a real problem that needs to be >> resolved, moving packages around should be avoided. > > It's a shame we can't find a way to turn package categories into solely > a presentational feature, rather than being an integral part of the > package's identity as it is today. (And, at the same time, multi-depth > categories would also be nice :) > > With the way things are today, "improvements" to the structure of the > package tree are held back by our historical legacy. As the tree grows, > it makes sense to move packages into new groups that weren't viable > before - and to clear out historical dumping grounds in the process. > > If package categories were only something that users used to find things > - and weren't used by Portage as part of a package's unique identity - > then we could afford to be more flexible on this. > > Best regards, > Stu That sounds like a cool idea, but it requires a few things. We need a way to browse the tree, that supports packages being in several categories. (Lets call them category-keywords). Having a directory structure might not be the best way, since the category-keywords will be more of a metadata thing, than a directory. I'm not sure how this could be implemented, but it sure requires a GLEP. Any suggestions on how this could be implemented? (Maybe having a SQLite database with all the meta info, to save some time syncing and space. Could with a bit of luck have all the metadata for portage, like digests etc. , but thats another idea though). Best Regards Bjarke -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD+ul3O+Ewtpi9rLERAixWAKC8uMwIAcnAmxcvjkgXiia/Z3KK0ACg2Zdg GWZEqPUXAypXf43OMn2vzcs= =SXAM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list