From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9361389F4 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:18:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 39110E084A; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:18:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (sub5.mail.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.129]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00A11E07FC for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:18:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F6256B8303 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:18:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=kKhr/i0mQlth9U+V+10ND3Kqi3c=; b=ApTuePH+zyk3 WoM0Z0f1Sjxa9DOrXyx0cF0GLOS23HyLA3pOmtawlR55tf4ip8TQESfymh6RXzDV 6nXeiUM5kVD9q2EGhWBIFHAzyzFn0WO0OyEdSDgcvtO5pQHgMGJQR3pSFDYUHPlS mBzqDzNDSrvIZ6aMyAy6yzcTgcUxDic= Received: from [192.168.1.110] (unknown [159.63.145.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20B186B826E for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54521E36.4080907@libertytrek.org> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 07:17:10 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Switch from PORTDIR and PORTDIR_OVERLAY to repos.conf - WAS: Moving the portage tree to /var References: <4473472.7D6UrCk1jI@wstn> <201410072248.36414.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201410072303.55841.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <544BAC39.3050505@libertytrek.org> <544BD391.7070102@gentoo.org> <544E6895.6010207@libertytrek.org> <544E97C2.2060008@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 877ac2f5-b6df-4fcf-9360-0ff728627d93 X-Archives-Hash: d4f6144ba626927e893ac4fa905b1bd7 On 10/29/2014 7:37 AM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > The long-term plans are to drop PORTDIR and PORTDIR_OVERLAY > completely, the reason being that it is not flexible enough: > With repos.conf you can specify details for every repository, > you are not even forced to have a *single* major repository > (AFAIK, this is called mix-ins in some other package managers), > etc. Ok, thanks Martin/guys... So, the short answer is: "Don't worry about it, if/when something needs to be done to prevent breakage, we will let you know ahead of time via a news item or other appropriate method." Which sounds like the right thing to do for those of us who prefer stability to (too much) bleeding edge? But - for those of us who, while preferring stability, also might like to get a jump on things *if* switching to repos.conf now is: a) easy, b) fully supported, and c) considered perfectly stable, would it be possible for someone with intimate knowledge of the details to write up a wiki page for how to go about it? Thanks again!