[RFC] Add a tools directory?

[ericonr]

While maintaining void-packages, a lot of people have written small tools/scripts to help with simple tasks. There is a part of xtools, for example, that's only useful inside void-packages (unlike, for example, xi or xls).

I'm proposing a tools/ directory to which we could move some of xtools (moving xlint to void-packages has even been discussed a few times, since it'd make it possible to add new variables to templates in a single go; xrevbump and xsubpkg are also not very useful outside of void-packages).

Further, there are small scripts like @Johnnynator's one for handling git submodules, @Chocimier's for detecting cycles in dependencies and @Piraty's for launching multiple builds at the same time. I'd also put forward the one I have to check what I have installed from packages listed in void-updates, so I have an idea of what I can easily test.

Ping @leahneukirchen

[leahneukirchen]

I'm fine with moving xlint, indifferent on the others.

[ahesford]

If this happens, https://github.com/ahesford/xbps-cycles should go in there too.

[fosslinux]

Can this be closed?

[ericonr]

@fosslinux we've added cycles specifically, but haven't talked about moving xlint or similar yet. I guess we can close for now, and revisit when someone does the porting and opens a PR.