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Ciaran McCreesh: |
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> On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:04:08 +0000 hasufell <hasufell@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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>> Ciaran McCreesh: |
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>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:33:27 -0700 Alec Warner |
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>>> <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Package_Tags |
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>>> |
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>>> And do what with them? Right now this is a solution without a |
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>>> problem. |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> Finding packages. Descriptions are not consistent, categories |
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>> too generic. |
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> Please explain, with examples, how tags will help with this. |
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> |
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When thinking about games, it is pretty obvious and common practice on |
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almost any gaming platform/service like steam. You can't just say |
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"this game is an rpg"... it may be a mix of genres. Tags may even |
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identify features like "multiplay". USE flags cannot deliver that, |
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because there is no "multiplay" or "3rd-person" flag for obvious |
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reasons. Descriptions try to be short and and give an idea what the |
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game is about, not list all the possible genres or common search terms. |
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It also works the other way around. There are a lot of applications |
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that are scattered across multiple categories like terminal emulators |
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or file managers. The user ends up searching the web or wiki instead |
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of using portage tools which would be far more efficient. |
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so we have: |
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* tags to extend categories, e.g. when a package might fit in more |
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than one |
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* tags to group similar packages which are scattered across multiple |
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categories |
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* tags for features or attributes that cannot be expressed by USE |
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flags and cannot be guaranteed to be part of the description |
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* and so on |
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