On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:56 PM Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > So, considering all the feedback from mailing list and IRC:
>> >
>> > /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo
>> > /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/distfiles
>> > /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/binpkgs
>> >
>> > Open question: Should we have the additional "gentoo" path component
>> > for the ones in /var/cache? The tradeoff is between a path that is
>> > easier to type, or slightly easier usage if someone wants to NFS mount
>> > distfiles and binpkgs.
>>
>> That proposal has by vote of support. No strong preference on whether
>> to include gentoo/ or not. It's one NFS mount vs two so not a big deal
>> either way.
>>
>
> Why not stick the repos in /var/repos and not /var/db/repos? If we're
> just making up paths, why not make up a shorter one? I don't think
> any other linux distros use /var/db...
That would be fine with me as well :)
