>>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Michael Mol wrote:
>>>> /var/cache/portage/distfiles
>>>> /var/cache/portage/repositories/gentoo
>>>> /var/cache/portage/repositories/{sunrise,kde,gnome,whatever,layman,grabs}
>>>> /var/db/portage/repositories/{non-cache,repo,names,go,here}
>> -1
>>
>> The subdirs are too deeply nested. (Ebuilds would be at the eighth
>> level then...)
> Maybe I missed something...but what's wrong with that?
There's no good reason for nesting it so deeply. As it is proposed
above, /var/cache/portage would contain only two subdirectories, and
/var/cache/portage/repositories only a single "gentoo" on a stable
system. Also /var/cache itself isn't overpopulated; I count about ten
entries on my systems.
We should go with a shorter (easier to remember, easier to type) path
and move things at least one level up. Two would be even better.
>> Let's put the tree in /var/cache/portage please, and distfiles in
>> /var/cache/distfiles. Layman overlays can stay where they are, or
>> move to /var/cache/layman.
Ulrich
