[gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-06 Thread Ryan Hill
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:12:23 +0100 Fabio Rossi wrote: > I'm proposing to reorganize the files related to Gentoo > inside /var/lib. Currently we have this situation (at least on my > system): > > /var/lib/eselect > /var/lib/gentoo/enews > /var/lib/herdstat/ > /var/lib/module-rebuild > /var/lib/po

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-31 Thread Marius Mauch
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:15:54 +0100 Fabio Rossi wrote: > On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Jeremy Olexa wrote: > > Fabio Rossi wrote: > > > On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Duncan wrote: > > >> Except that... in theory, some or all of those apps could > > >> technically be used on/for other distributio

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-31 Thread Ben de Groot
Duncan wrote: > ... But IMO the entire debate is a bunch of bikeshedding, which implies > it's reasonably safe to assume the status quo is likely to remain. I agree. The proposal does not seem to offer any real improvement that would be noticeable either by end users or Gentoo developers. Looks l

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-31 Thread Fabio Rossi
On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Jeremy Olexa wrote: > Fabio Rossi wrote: > > On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Duncan wrote: > >> Except that... in theory, some or all of those apps could technically be > >> used on/for other distributions and platforms as well. > > > > Yes, this is the theory but I th

[gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-31 Thread Duncan
Jeremy Olexa posted 495b81ab.3040...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:28:59 -0600: > Fabio Rossi wrote: >> On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Duncan wrote: >> >>> Except that... in theory, some or all of those apps could technically >>> be used on/for other distributions and plat

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-31 Thread Jeremy Olexa
Fabio Rossi wrote: On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Duncan wrote: Except that... in theory, some or all of those apps could technically be used on/for other distributions and platforms as well. Yes, this is the theory but I think they'll be never ported to other distributions. sabayon doesn'

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-31 Thread Fabio Rossi
On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Duncan wrote: > Except that... in theory, some or all of those apps could technically be > used on/for other distributions and platforms as well. Yes, this is the theory but I think they'll be never ported to other distributions. > Few/none of the other apps, rega

[gentoo-dev] Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2008-12-30 Thread Duncan
Fabio Rossi posted 200812310112.24019.ross...@inwind.it, excerpted below, on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:12:23 +0100: > I'm proposing to reorganize the files related to Gentoo inside /var/lib. > Currently we have this situation (at least on my system): > > /var/lib/eselect > /var/lib/gentoo/enews > /va