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01.04.2013 11:52, Michael Palimaka пишет: |
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> On 1/04/2013 04:29, Denis M. wrote: |
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>> Hello, |
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>> (I was redirected from gentoo-doc@ to ask this here.) |
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>> I think it's a good idea to expand the categories' descriptions (found |
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>> in the corresponding metadata.xml files) with more accurate descriptions |
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>> of which packages are welcome to fit in which categories. |
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>> The current descriptions are very vague and aren't probably in the best |
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>> shape to bring users' a good idea what certain category is about and |
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>> what packages are to be found there. |
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>> This can also be an issue for (new) ebuild-writers (either |
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>> user-contributed ebuilds or just gentoo developers that are not |
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>> sure0-000-p |
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>> about it either). |
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>> hat t |
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>> This is of course checked by a gentoo developer if new ebuilds are to be |
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>> submitted via the bugzilla, but I still think we should provide a better |
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>> understanding of the categories. |
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>> If expanding the metadata.xml files does not seem a good idea, we should |
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>> at least make a little bit more comprehensive description somewhere in |
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>> the gentoo.org/doc/ or wiki.gentoo.org pages. |
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>> What do you think about it? |
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>> Regards, |
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>> Denis M. (Phr33d0m) |
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> Sounds good to me. From time to time I see even experienced developers |
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> not sure as to which category a package belongs. |
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> There is also inconsistency with packages of a certain type being spread |
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> over multiple categories. For example, packages containing "password |
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> manager" in the description currently exist in three different categories. |
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+1 for that. I was really confused(tbh, i am confused even now) about |
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x11-apps/x11-misc categories, for example. Sometimes it is really not |
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clear where package should goes. |
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Another example - app-admin/ansible. Some devs thinks that it should be |
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sys-cluster/ansible, but i put it into app-admin/, relying on |
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app-admin/puppet as an example. |
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So, some sort of clarification for such noobs, like me, would be really |
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appreciated :-) |
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Best regards, Sergey Popov |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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Desktop-effects project lead |
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