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From: Paul Arthur <flowerysong00@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:30:37
Message-Id: slrni3shuk.jjv.flowerysong00@shasta.marwnad.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio by William Hubbs
1 On 2010-07-14, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:48:25PM +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
4 >
5 >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0500 William Hubbs
6 >><williamh@g.o> wrote: =20
7 >>
8 >> > All, =20 I have recently noticed that our amateur radio
9 >> >applications are in the category media-radio. =20 Amateur Radio
10 >> >is not considered part of the media, so I would like to propose
11 >> >renaming this category to app-hamradio, or possibly moving the
12 >> >amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if there are things in
13 >> >media-radio which are not amateur radio related. =20
14 >>
15 >> I like the idea very much. But I am an radio amateur and therefore
16 >> I am a little bit biased :). I was always confused to find them in
17 >> media-radio. If we do the move please count on me.
18 >
19 > I am an amateur radio operator as well, and that is why putting the
20 > ham radio apps in"media-radio" bothers me. Ham radio is not part
21 > of the media.
22
23 But it is a medium. media-* has nothing to do with "the media"; I
24 really don't see any point to this proposed change..

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