From: Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:23:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHY5Mefj6OACdTJchRwccM8aNUr1QYw1_9Jd-9gGLgk8cK0X4A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5f2b3a86-c7d5-f588-5ea3-4c13055d8324@gentoo.org>
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 2:29 AM, Jory A. Pratt <anarchy@gentoo.org> wrote:
> This is a mess, many systems are setup with portage already on a
> seperate partition for reasons. What advantage does it provide to move
> the tree now after all these years? I have seen nothing more then lets
> do this cause I like the ideal lately and it is getting old, there is no
> benefit that would justify moving the tree or many other changes that
> are being made in Gentoo lately.
1. If you're able to mount /usr/portage from another filesystem, why
would you think it wouldn't work in with /var/cache/portage?
1a. If your system is already installed, why do you think this even
affects you? Did you read?
2. Pretty sure following FHS more closely is something most people
would see as a benefit.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-11 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-09 17:21 [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree William Hubbs
2018-07-09 17:26 ` Alec Warner
2018-07-09 17:39 ` Dennis Schridde
2018-07-09 17:41 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-09 17:40 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-09 18:05 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-09 18:11 ` Johannes Huber
2018-07-09 18:31 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-09 18:36 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-09 20:00 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-09 20:07 ` Zac Medico
2018-07-09 20:13 ` Zac Medico
2018-07-09 18:43 ` Michał Górny
2018-07-09 20:11 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-09 20:13 ` Michał Górny
2018-07-09 20:53 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-09 21:14 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-09 21:34 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2018-07-09 21:45 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-09 22:12 ` Zac Medico
2018-07-09 22:27 ` M. J. Everitt
2018-07-09 22:54 ` Zac Medico
2018-07-10 20:09 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-10 21:35 ` M. J. Everitt
2018-07-11 7:29 ` Jory A. Pratt
2018-07-11 13:23 ` Gordon Pettey [this message]
2018-07-11 15:36 ` Raymond Jennings
2018-07-11 15:56 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-11 16:19 ` Alec Warner
2018-07-12 10:22 ` Nils Freydank
2018-07-11 20:34 ` Richard Yao
2018-07-11 20:43 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-11 22:11 ` Richard Yao
2018-07-11 22:23 ` Michał Górny
2018-07-11 22:26 ` Richard Yao
2018-07-11 22:35 ` Michał Górny
2018-07-12 5:21 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-12 6:22 ` Dennis Schridde
2018-07-11 22:24 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-11 22:32 ` Richard Yao
2018-07-12 21:48 ` Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov
2018-07-12 3:16 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-12 12:26 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-12 17:43 ` Raymond Jennings
2018-07-12 18:00 ` Alec Warner
2018-07-12 18:49 ` Raymond Jennings
2018-07-12 19:34 ` konsolebox
2018-07-12 19:42 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-12 19:47 ` Brian Dolbec
2018-07-12 19:51 ` Rich Freeman
2018-07-12 20:13 ` Michał Górny
2018-07-12 21:12 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-13 8:47 ` konsolebox
2018-07-13 0:35 ` Raymond Jennings
2018-07-13 1:34 ` Brian Dolbec
2018-07-13 8:57 ` konsolebox
2018-07-13 9:15 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-13 9:31 ` konsolebox
2018-07-11 20:25 ` Richard Yao
2018-07-11 20:42 ` William Hubbs
2018-07-11 22:07 ` Richard Yao
2018-07-09 22:12 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-10 7:57 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-09 19:00 ` Brian Dolbec
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-07-27 14:06 [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree (was: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2018-07-29) William Hubbs
[not found] ` <23368.25818.481969.336756@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
[not found] ` <20180713065734.63627e6f@professor-x>
[not found] ` <23368.58952.48436.482420@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
[not found] ` <CAGfcS_=2+uDShmA=RapCnmfMCRJVOa5Z04jZFkVhejX0JrY-ow@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <23368.64354.849449.669215@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
[not found] ` <CAGfcS_k2JO_MtEK4GRYzJ2Q2+LxVUEa-iKR_D_bH1EzsfNv6vg@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <23369.2669.259722.764432@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
2018-07-18 9:55 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-19 20:08 ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2018-07-27 8:32 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-27 14:20 ` Corentin “Nado” Pazdera
2018-07-27 14:31 ` Ulrich Mueller
2018-07-27 15:06 ` Brian Dolbec
2018-07-29 20:16 ` [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree Ulrich Mueller
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=CAHY5Mefj6OACdTJchRwccM8aNUr1QYw1_9Jd-9gGLgk8cK0X4A@mail.gmail.com \
--to=petteyg359@gmail.com \
--cc=gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox