Re: [RFC] Putting extra package maintenance in maint/ subdirs

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026, 18:03 Sam James, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Immolo <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
>
> (Please don't top-post.)
>

Sorry, must have turned off quote reply.


> >> TL;DR: I'd like to propose that we allow a new "maint/" subdir in
> >> package directory where maintenance scripts (plus docs and other data
> >> files) can be placed rather than in "files/".
> >
> > To add my 2 pence. I do something similar to this idea to
> > make moving configs and scripts a bit more automated.
> >
> > This idea sounds great as it means I have less to manage
> > myself, being easier to navigate the layout and Gentoo
> > gets the benefit of me uploading more of work task usage
> > upstream where we can.
> >
> > Maybe a future goal to consider after the main points are
> > done here is way for portage to pull config files automatically
> > if a matching maint/packagename exists from a local repo.
> >
> > e.g.
> > 1. use emerge -av x11-misc/lightdm
> > 2 portage checks for maint/lightdm
> > 3. Sees one exists and pulls the files which sets autologin
>
> I'm not sure I follow what this has to do with this. It's not to do with
> shadowing FILESDIR or accumulating it across repositories.
>

I actually missed read the original suggestion as a new category group that
we can depend on ebuilds so I think my idea can be ignored.

I just saw this as an opportunity for a cleaner way for users, although
likely more useful for downstreams to manage custom configs changes.

I'll save this for a more relevant time which I haven't misread :)

Kind regards,

immolo

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