-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stuart Herbert skrev: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 20:30 +0100, Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) wrote: >> Personally I think unless there is a real problem that needs to be >> resolved, moving packages around should be avoided. > > It's a shame we can't find a way to turn package categories into solely > a presentational feature, rather than being an integral part of the > package's identity as it is today. (And, at the same time, multi-depth > categories would also be nice :) > > With the way things are today, "improvements" to the structure of the > package tree are held back by our historical legacy. As the tree grows, > it makes sense to move packages into new groups that weren't viable > before - and to clear out historical dumping grounds in the process. > > If package categories were only something that users used to find things > - and weren't used by Portage as part of a package's unique identity - > then we could afford to be more flexible on this. > > Best regards, > Stu
That sounds like a cool idea, but it requires a few things. We need a way to browse the tree, that supports packages being in several categories. (Lets call them category-keywords). Having a directory structure might not be the best way, since the category-keywords will be more of a metadata thing, than a directory. I'm not sure how this could be implemented, but it sure requires a GLEP. Any suggestions on how this could be implemented? (Maybe having a SQLite database with all the meta info, to save some time syncing and space. Could with a bit of luck have all the metadata for portage, like digests etc. , but thats another idea though). Best Regards Bjarke -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD+ul3O+Ewtpi9rLERAixWAKC8uMwIAcnAmxcvjkgXiia/Z3KK0ACg2Zdg GWZEqPUXAypXf43OMn2vzcs= =SXAM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
