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From: Federico Ferri <mescalinum@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Category tags on packages (was: new categories:)
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:59:52
Message-Id: 498F1D93.3080909@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Category tags on packages (was: new categories:) by Nirbheek Chauhan
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4 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
5 > ${PORTDIR}/tags/games/puzzles/ksudoku -> ../../../kde-base/ksudoku
6 > ${PORTDIR}/tags/games/puzzles/sudoku/ksudoku ->
7 ../../../../kde-base/ksudoku
8 > ${PORTDIR}/tags/dying/amarok -> ../media-sound/amarok
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12 I like the tag idea.
13 I don't like tag as described above.
14 I feel having tags organized in hierarchical way is inappropriate.
15 that just makes another organization of packages in categories.
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17 tags <-> packages is a many-to-many relation.
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21 btw, if the DESCRIPTION field is well written, it functions as a tag.
22 e.g.:
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24 $ eix -c -S dockapp -S net
25 [N] x11-plugins/allin1 (--): All in one monitoring dockapp: RAM, CPU,
26 Net, Power, df, seti
27 [N] x11-plugins/wmifinfo (0.09): a dockapp for monitoring network
28 interfaces.
29 [N] x11-plugins/wminet (3.0.0): dockapp for monitoring internet
30 connections to and from your computer.
31 [N] x11-plugins/wmitime (0.3): Overglorified clock dockapp w/time,
32 date, and internet time
33 [N] x11-plugins/wmnd (0.4.11-r1): WindowMaker Network Devices (dockapp)
34 [N] x11-plugins/wmnetload (1.3-r2): Network interface monitor dockapp
35 [N] x11-plugins/wmwifi (0.6): wireless network interface monitor dockapp
36 Found 7 matches.
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38 although DESCRIPTION doesn't contain "obvious" tags.
39 perhaps it's worth the addition of a TAGS field (?) that has to be
40 searched just like DESCRIPTION
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43 just my 2E-2
44 Federico Ferri
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Category tags on packages (was: new categories:) Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek.chauhan@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Category tags on packages (was: new categories:) "Tiziano Müller" <dev-zero@g.o>