Re: [gentoo-dev] Category tags on packages (was: new categories:)

[Tiziano Müller]

Am Sonntag, den 08.02.2009, 18:59 +0100 schrieb Federico Ferri:
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> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> > ${PORTDIR}/tags/games/puzzles/ksudoku -> ../../../kde-base/ksudoku
> > ${PORTDIR}/tags/games/puzzles/sudoku/ksudoku ->
> ../../../../kde-base/ksudoku
> > ${PORTDIR}/tags/dying/amarok -> ../media-sound/amarok
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> I like the tag idea.
> I don't like tag as described above.
> I feel having tags organized in hierarchical way is inappropriate.
> that just makes another organization of packages in categories.
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> tags <-> packages is a many-to-many relation.
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> btw, if the DESCRIPTION field is well written, it functions as a tag.

Please, don't.

> e.g.:
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> $ eix -c -S dockapp -S net
> [N] x11-plugins/allin1 (--): All in one monitoring dockapp: RAM, CPU,
> Net, Power, df, seti
> [N] x11-plugins/wmifinfo (0.09): a dockapp for monitoring network
> interfaces.
> [N] x11-plugins/wminet (3.0.0): dockapp for monitoring internet
> connections to and from your computer.
> [N] x11-plugins/wmitime (0.3): Overglorified clock dockapp w/time,
> date, and internet time
> [N] x11-plugins/wmnd (0.4.11-r1): WindowMaker Network Devices (dockapp)
> [N] x11-plugins/wmnetload (1.3-r2): Network interface monitor dockapp
> [N] x11-plugins/wmwifi (0.6): wireless network interface monitor dockapp
> Found 7 matches.
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> although DESCRIPTION doesn't contain "obvious" tags.
> perhaps it's worth the addition of a TAGS field (?) that has to be
> searched just like DESCRIPTION

It's metadata-stuff, why not put it there?

You have two possibilities:

a) Introduce new elements:
<tags>
  <tag>foo</tag>
  <tag>bar</tag>
</tags>

b) Think of herds as tags, then you have many packages already tagged.
To be able to add new herds/tags without messing up with the
maintainer-info, I'd then introduce new attributes for <maintainer> and
instead of writing <herd>foo</herd> meaning that a package is maintainer
by team "foo" just write <maintainer type="team">foo</maintainer>
instead.
Then you can use the "herd" element in metadata.xml freely as a tag.

Cheers,
Tiziano


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