From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NW76w-0001u1-Ty for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:46:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C140E0882; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f174.google.com (mail-px0-f174.google.com [209.85.216.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A370E0882 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi4 with SMTP id 4so1039467pxi.32 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:46:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=1wC50+dPqtISSbPiYAEUIEFzeDhxb/HC5fnvBCNhkbI=; b=pQx/izQBzPwTVPibMUROO+uz4k14P7VIL5mEKyCwZI8EaoWPUcG9w+hhux2DMrcGg/ C09mhTDL2zAoi+/d11F/ppscBJDOEXa6L7nHDtqFJgNHYzkwyCOHauAw3Zgkm4c5EeZb al9VIltxu2UFekDeJYVO8cA3QnoPO2+koKZ3c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=Z4lLtLMoEdcmo1yqML21xXBMKnLGCsNzSIQdy7JfczEYmhecKNm6eCqRI4KmxrCQ1/ joJnZsPXScwkZnhqnixSV7VZnOkWXRadECeXz6+hj78ky4AkSVMr8zYCZZUVzz2HhLrx GU2e2uHLlQ4LjbVfiO0S68sdB9+EtaTziXY9E= 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 Sender: nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.115.103.3 with SMTP id f3mr1405037wam.226.1263642367697; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:46:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201001161211.58071.polynomial-c@gentoo.org> References: <4B50C3B4.5050604@gentoo.org> <4B511C86.6020002@gentoo.org> <1263629567.31396.41.camel@tablet> <201001161211.58071.polynomial-c@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:16:07 +0530 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3d8d3fd4e4cf94d8 Message-ID: <8b4c83ad1001160346ibf18877s2f5065d8ce0c42b7@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman storage location (again) From: Nirbheek Chauhan To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 83caaa7a-0dd0-44e8-bf26-a551b2eef8f7 X-Archives-Hash: 3b59ee392e07e4e629b265d4159ac7cf On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Lars Wendler wrote: >> It's just impossible to choose perfect location that suits all needs and >> it should stay user-configurable. So again, do not change this default >> we no real need another time, please. > > /usr/local is a bad choice for an ebuild-generated default. Like I said in bug > #253725 I don't want ebuilds to mess with stuff in /usr/local. So either remove > this default completely and let the user decide when setting up layman or move > it around. > The best suggestions I've read here for now were either /var/layman or > /usr/layman which I would have no problem with. > /me throws in /usr/share/layman OTOH, I really think /usr/local/layman is OK as long as it's runtime-generated and not added by the ebuild. That should satisfy bug 253725, and prevent another painful location move. It also makes sense from the "/usr/local is user/admin domain" since only running the layman tool will cause those directories to be created. -- ~Nirbheek Chauhan Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team