The bug you mentioned [253725] is not about layman location, it's only
about "keepdir" line. Why don't we fix that and don't change defaults
another time? Such change does more harm for our users then good.
В Сбт, 16/01/2010 в 02:55 +0100, Sebastian Pipping пишет:
> On 01/16/10 02:45, Mike Frysing
> It's just impossible to choose perfect location that suits all needs and
> it should stay user-configurable. So again, do not change this default
> we no real need another time, please.
/usr/local is a bad choice for an ebuild-generated default. Like I said in bug
#253725 I don't want ebuilds
On 15-01-2010 20:36:20 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> I would like to get it right with the next switch.
> Would
>
> /var/lib/layman
>
> do well? /var/cache/layman seems inadequate as it might not be
> regenerated [2] without losses (as upstream moves along).
>
> Would be great to hear a f
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Lars Wendler wrote:
>> It's just impossible to choose perfect location that suits all needs and
>> it should stay user-configurable. So again, do not change this default
>> we no real need another time, please.
>
> /usr/local is a bad choice for an ebuild-generated
El sáb, 16-01-2010 a las 17:16 +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan escribió:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Lars Wendler wrote:
> >> It's just impossible to choose perfect location that suits all needs and
> >> it should stay user-configurable. So again, do not change this default
> >> we no real need ano
2010/1/16 Sebastian Pipping :
> On 01/16/10 02:45, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> if you want to keep all of layman's stuff together, then about your only
>> option is to create your own tree at like /var/layman/.
>
> anybody objecting to /var/layman ?
I like that.
--
Ben de Groot
Gentoo Linux develop
2010/1/16 Peter Volkov :
> layman cache is nfs distributable. Also it's good idea to have it close
> to PORTDIR. Thus I'd like to keep it somewhere at /usr.
I'd like both to be under /var/
Cheers,
--
Ben de Groot
Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc)
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote:
> 2010/1/16 Peter Volkov :
> > layman cache is nfs distributable. Also it's good idea to have it close
> > to PORTDIR. Thus I'd like to keep it somewhere at /usr.
>
> I'd like both to be under /var/
>
I _use_ both under /var/. In my c
On 01/12/2010 12:23 AM, Brian Harring wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Raaal Porcel wrote:
>> scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since
>> the deprecation date, so...
>>
>> Removal of the eclass on 2012/01/11
>
> Reasoning? Prior to env saving we c
On 01/16/10 05:39, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Friday 15 January 2010 20:55:18 Sebastian Pipping wrote:
>> On 01/16/10 02:45, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> the better idea
>>> though would be to split your stuff along the proper lines.
>>>
>>> cache files = /var/cache/layman/
>>
>> as i said: it's not a
On 01/16/10 12:17, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> How about storing it in DISTDIR (like metadata.xml)? Or storing it
> somewhere in the rsync image?
I'm not really sure what you have in mind.
Can you make it a bit more "visual" for me?
Sebastian
On 01/16/10 13:56, Ben de Groot wrote:
>> anybody objecting to /var/layman ?
>
> I like that.
it seems that
/var/layman
is the only location nobody has objected to, yet. i plan to go with
that atm. /var/lib/layman is my second favorite.
again, any objections?
sebastian
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> it seems that
>
> /var/layman
>
> is the only location nobody has objected to, yet. i plan to go with
> that atm. /var/lib/layman is my second favorite.
>
> again, any objections?
>
Why not make it a configuration option, with the de
dev-ran...@mail.ru wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote:
>> 2010/1/16 Peter Volkov :
>> > layman cache is nfs distributable. Also it's good idea to have it close
>> > to PORTDIR. Thus I'd like to keep it somewhere at /usr.
>>
>> I'd like both to be under /var/
>>
On 01/16/10 19:31, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> Why not make it a configuration option, with the default as
> /var/layman (or whatever you want)?
It is configurable already (see /etc/layman/layman.cfg)
#---
# Defines the directory where ove
lör 2010-01-16 klockan 19:16 +0100 skrev Sebastian Pipping:
> On 01/16/10 05:39, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Friday 15 January 2010 20:55:18 Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> >> On 01/16/10 02:45, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>> the better idea
> >>> though would be to split your stuff along the proper lines
lör 2010-01-16 klockan 19:31 +0100 skrev Jörg Schaible:
> dev-ran...@mail.ru wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote:
> >> 2010/1/16 Peter Volkov :
> >> > layman cache is nfs distributable. Also it's good idea to have it close
> >> > to PORTDIR. Thus I'd like to k
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:57:39 +0100
Peter Hjalmarsson wrote:
> lör 2010-01-16 klockan 19:31 +0100 skrev Jörg Schaible:
> > dev-ran...@mail.ru wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote:
> > >> 2010/1/16 Peter Volkov :
> > >> > layman cache is nfs distributable.
Mike Frysinger dixit (2010-01-15, 20:45):
> On Friday 15 January 2010 20:24:38 Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> > On 01/16/10 00:33, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> > > - From the alternatives, /var/lib/layman doesn't sound right. If
> > > /var/cache/layman doesn't work, what about /var/spool/layman
Ben de Groot dixit (2010-01-16, 00:41):
> 2010/1/15 Dawid Węgliński :
> > On Friday 15 January 2010 20:44:43 Alex Legler wrote:
> >> > /var/lib/layman
> >> >
> >> > do well?
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> > -1, /usr/local/layman?
>
> /usr/local/ is a location the system should avoid. Somewhere in /var/
>
On 01/16/10 23:46, Benedikt Böhm wrote:
> One thing all you /usr naggers forget is, that /var cannot be shared
> read-only via nfs (or bind mounts in case of virtual servers).
Why is that? Please tell more.
Sebastian
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Michael Higgins wrote:
> Yes, PORTDIR default location under /usr was a totally stupid thing.
> Please don't repeat it...
One thing all you /usr naggers forget is, that /var cannot be shared
read-only via nfs (or bind mounts in case of virtual servers). most
singl
On Saturday 16 January 2010 17:46:08 Benedikt Böhm wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Michael Higgins wrote:
> > Yes, PORTDIR default location under /usr was a totally stupid thing.
> > Please don't repeat it...
>
> One thing all you /usr naggers forget is, that /var cannot be shared
> rea
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