Mike Frysinger dixit (2010-01-15, 20:45):

> On Friday 15 January 2010 20:24:38 Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> > On 01/16/10 00:33, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> > > - From the alternatives, /var/lib/layman doesn't sound right. If
> > > /var/cache/layman doesn't work, what about /var/spool/layman instead?
> > 
> > Okay, how about
> > 
> >   /var/spool/layman
> > 
> > then?  Any objections?
> 
> /var/spool/ is a terrible idea -- these are not jobs being queued waiting to 
> be processed by a daemon and then removed.
> 
> if you want to keep all of layman's stuff together, then about your only 
> option is to create your own tree at like /var/layman/.  the better idea 
> though would be to split your stuff along the proper lines.
> 
> cache files = /var/cache/layman/
> config files = /etc/layman/

Layman-added trees are not much different altogether from the main
portage tree. Putting it in a location *totally* unrelated to the main
portage tree is, to put it mildly, *strange*. We still haven't heard in
this thread what was wrong with the original (${PORTDIR}/local/)
location. Despite all the propositions in the thread it still feels like
a best place to me. I'm sure the change to /usr/local/portage has been
discussed elsewhere previously, but maybe a pointer to some older
discussion would be handy.

I'm all for going back to the original location (based on ${PORTDIR}).

Best,

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