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On 21:51 Mon 07 Jul , Joe Peterson wrote: |
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> Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > I actually object to having crap in dev-python, because things should be |
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> > categorized functionally instead of by the language they're implemented |
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> > in. 90% of the time you don't care about the language. But category |
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> > moves are pretty much pointless, so I don't normally bring it up. |
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> Do you mean it is pointless because categories are pointless, or because |
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> it is not worth the trouble of doing the move? I assume we inherited |
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> the category idea from fbsd ports. |
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I meant moves were largely pointless, although categories are to a |
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lesser extent. Tags would be a lot better, since nothing can be |
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categorized perfectly into a single place. |
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> Since we have categories (and assuming we'll keep them), I think that |
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> things should be categorized as correctly as possible (perhaps it's not |
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> the highest priority, but better to have it right than not, eventually). |
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I don't think it's worth losing track of the CVS history just so we can |
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have something in a different place that ultimately is hardly useful to |
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anyone. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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