On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 02:05:54PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> All,
>
> I know this has come up before, but I don't really recall what the
> specific objections were.
>
> IMO the portage directory doesn't belong under /usr at all.
> I was chatting with another developer who uses
> /var/cache/portage/{tree,distfiles}, and I'm thinking about switching my
> default setup to do this.
>
> I realize that historically the portage tree has been installed under
> /usr, but Can we consider changing this default for new installations
> and providing instructions for users for how to get the portage tree out
> of /usr?
> William
If/when this happens, we should also consider improving the internal
structure of the portage folder. At the moment we just throw everything
in it, which is not very user friendly. I recommend creating a subfolder
for the actual tree, keeping distfiles and packages out.
For example, my /usr/portage/ on this system looks like this:
portage/
tree/
profiles/ -> tree/profiles/
distfiles/
packages/
layman/
it is a big improvement over the current
distfiles-and-packages-mixed-with-tree-while-layman-wanders state :)
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