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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Tags (Was: RFC: split up media-sound/ category)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:20:01
Message-Id: 4E043A3D.6080206@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Tags (Was: RFC: split up media-sound/ category) by Wyatt Epp
1 On 06/23/2011 05:07 PM, Wyatt Epp wrote:
2 > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 02:14, Ciaran McCreesh
3 > <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 >> First: how do tags relate to categories? Are they independent, a
5 >> refinement or a replacement?
6 >>
7 > I would suggest they be a replacement because categories are just an
8 > overly limited subset of a proper tagging scheme.
9
10 Since categories and tags can easily coexist, you might want to rethink
11 that. It's relatively easy to implement a tagging mechanism, while
12 (unnecessarily) ripping out the existing category framework is a big
13 chore that may not have any practical value.
14 --
15 Thanks,
16 Zac