Robert Buchholz wrote:
> # emerge --update lsof @system
> 
> versus
> 
> # emerge --update l...@system
> 
> would have completely different meanings. This is what I would dislike 
> about the '@' character. I'm ok with :: though.

I agree the :: looks like the better option here.

> If we use repo_name as the overlay identifier, we must rethink how 
> layman-global.txt is currently handled. Many overlays in there have 
> that file missing, and some have different identifiers than what layman 
> displays as their name.

I think layman should simply start to use the repo_name as identifier.
That should result in less confusion, I'd think. Overlays that miss the
repo_name file are broken and should be fixed, and should be ignored
until they are.

Cheers,
-- 
Ben de Groot
Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc)
Gentoo Linux Release Engineering PR liaison
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