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Heinrich Wendel said: |
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> Hi, |
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> An often discussed item is a Menu System for Gentoo. I created a GLEP for |
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> it, |
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> please read through it carefully and then post your comments ;) |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0016.html |
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> mfg, heinrich :) |
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A couple of thoughts: |
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- GenericName is internationalized. However, it looks like multiple |
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packages will be using the same GenericName - in the example, you have |
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"Word Processing" as the GenericName, which can be handled by multiple |
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packages. Perhaps there should be a central repository of |
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internationalizations for this. This way, the package writer only has to |
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write the GenericName in his own language, and have it automatically |
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translate it on installation. This ensures that individual ebuild |
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maintainers don't need to keep up with the translations. |
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- Categories. Is this a hierarchy? For example, you have |
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"Application;Office;Wordprocessor". If it's shortened to just |
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"Wordprocessor", then all categories can be sorted by just their most |
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specific level. This prevents, for example, one being |
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"Application;Office;Wordprocessor", one "Application;Wordprocessor", |
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"Editors;Wordprocessor", etc. You stick the app in a category, and let |
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Portage figure out where it goes under the tree. |
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Cheers, |
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Kevin |
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