On 02/05/2011 08:43 PM, Cedric Sodhi wrote:
There are several reasons why portage, neither the tree nor (especially not) the distfiles should reside in /usr. [...] If you can think of good counter arguement which *logically* supports that portage should by default reside in /usr (including the distfiles and everything else variable) please tell us. If not, please refrain from logically irrelevant statements such as the above, "you can always do<insert some random workarround here>" or similar ones.
How is utilizing the fully supported configuration options of portage a "random workaround"? It's neither random, *nor* a workaround.
