On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:15:45PM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Pe?a wrote:
> > I think it would be better to drop the sections altogether and use a
> > keyword-based system someone suggested a few months ago. The advantages
> > would be:
> > - ultimate fine-grainedness (?)
> > - no dillemas
> Users need a hierachical layout in order to find software. Keyword
> by themselves are not that much useful since they would be only appropiate
> to the language used. Several disadvantages:
>
> 1.- more difficult to translate than sections
Not true if the keywords are limited to a specifi
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:15:45 +0200
Javier Fern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Users need a hierachical layout in order to find software.
> Keyword by themselves are not that much useful since they would be
> only appropiate to the language used. Several disadvantages:
>
> 1.- more difficult to
> > I think it would be better to drop the sections altogether and use a
> > keyword-based system someone suggested a few months ago. The advantages
i suggested this a few months ago. unfortunately i havn't reworked my
proposal yet, nor did i make a proof of concept especially for my new
enhanceme
"Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit:
> Package: general
> Some samples of how sections could be divided:
Note that there are some special sections, that have
very clear-cut definitions. Namely:
libs: lib* packages go there
devel: lib*-dev packages go th
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:15:23PM +0200, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote:
> > I think it would be better to drop the sections altogether and use a
> > keyword-based system someone suggested a few months ago. The
> > advantages would be:
> > - ultimate fine-grainedness (?)
> > - no dillemas
> I think it would be better to drop the sections altogether and use a
> keyword-based system someone suggested a few months ago. The advantages
> would be:
> - ultimate fine-grainedness (?)
> - no dillemas about where to put packages which fit in more than
>section (like x11 net-related prog
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 03:46:06PM +0200, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena wrote:
> As a suggestion, I would use the layout used by either the current Menu
> system, the GNOME or KDE proyect for the layout of applications together
> with some of our "special" sections (base).
I think it would be bet
Package: general
Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-22
Severity: important
The current sections layout in Debian is mostly useless due to
the large size of the package database (in woody +- 9000, in potato
+- 4500). This is due to sections not being refined enough (we have not
changed them in the las
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