On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:47 PM Brian Dolbec <dol...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:49:37 -0700 > Raymond Jennings <shent...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In that case, I vote for /var/cache/portage, since that's literally > > what purpose it serves. Namely, the cache of the gentoo infra's > > current copy of teh portage tree. > > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 11:00 AM Alec Warner <anta...@gentoo.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Raymond Jennings > > > <shent...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Just for the record, but would putting a setting inside > > >> /etc/portage/make.conf be the appropriate way to handle this? > > >> > > > > > > The settings already exist (and have existed for 10 years.) This > > > bikeshed discussion is literally trying to decide what the default > > > should be. > > > > > > -A > > > > > > > This is not a personal attack against you. Just picked this one to say > something again... > > > PLEASE, PLEASE stop calling it the "portage" tree. The repo name is > "gentoo". "portage is the default package manager, but not the only > choice. Far too often, it takes awhile to figure out what someone is > trying to say because of that confusion between the tree and the > package manager.
Point of order: http://distfiles.gentoo.org/snapshots and numerous pieces of documentation call it "portage" The confusion is ingrained by documentation. > PLUS, it has been decided already long ago that the directory name > should reflect the repository name. We have been enforcing that rule > for overlays for a long time. It has just been taking a long time to > get our tooling in order so that we can change our own to follow that > rule. > > So, "portage" should not be a directory name in the new default path. > > -- > Brian Dolbec <dolsen> > >
