Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal: sys-pam category

[Ned Ludd]

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 16:57 -0400, Nathan L. Adams wrote:
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> Ned Ludd wrote:
> > *poof* we now reshuffle, but then we can do auth with ldap. So lets
> > move
> > all the */ldap* related subjects under it sys-auth/... Then a month or
> > six later comes along sys-ldap and it gets moved there. The logic will
> > go full circle before long if we consistently keep shuffling packages
> > around.
> >
> > All in all this is seriously the reason why ebuilds have a DESCRIPTION=
> > and one of the reasons we have metadata.xml files.
> >
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> Well obviously there needs to be a consensus on *how* to logically
> organize things before anyone goes willy nilly changing stuff. Do you
> group by what the package is used for (email vs. game vs. web browser)
> or by what it is built from (PERL stuff, Gnome apps, KDE apps). It
> appears that currently its a mix. Is that documented anywhere?

You raise a good point and sadly that is the unfortunate thing here.. 
There is no clear consensus right now and we have yet to really have a 
fruitful thread on the subject. I not aware of any intelligent 
documentation on this subject either.

> I personally think the organization should be from an end-user
> perspective as much as possible. Imagine for a moment that you are a
> Genewbie (new Gentoo user). You have a new minimal installation and you
> want to add some applications. How do you know what your choices are for
> an email client, for instance? You could find most things here:


> Again, I think better
> organization and improved tools are both worth while.

I fully agree with you on improved tools and would rather see us go 
this route before we end up with >300 top level categories.

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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>

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