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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: More accurate package classification
From:       Michal =?UTF-8?B?xIxpaGHFmQ==?= <michal () cihar ! com>
Date:       2006-11-02 10:58:56
Message-ID: 20061102115856.114f7e26 () mic ! sysgo ! cz
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Hi

On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:36:48 +0100
"Mgr. Peter Tuharsky" <tuharsky@misbb.sk> wrote:

> For example, just the cathegories "X11" and "GNOME" both contain bunch 
> of excellent software of many kinds. The same goes for other cathegories 
> too -sound, video,...
> 
> New sub-cathegories should be created, such as: video_editing, 
> video_players, sound_editing, sound_players, sound_conversion, 
> sound_tools, mp3_tools, cd_creation, digital_camera, image_viewers, 
> image_editors (possibly with bitmap and vector subcathegories), laptop, 
> electronics, chemistry, astronomy, math, physics, junior, school..
> 
> Independently, packages should also bear some flag, whether they are 
> commandline-based, or X11, or GNOME, or KDE. So that I could for example 
> find package for "video editing, for GNOME".

Hmm, looks like you're describing debtags[1]. The only problem is
almost none integration in current tools.

[1]: http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/

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	Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com

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