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On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 01:17:00AM -0400, Ionen Wolkens wrote: |
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> On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 05:56:55AM +0100, Sam James wrote: |
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> > > On 6 Aug 2021, at 23:27, Louis Sautier <sbraz@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > On 06/08/2021 02:57, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> > >> Do people actually care what category things are in? I just use |
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> > >> --search or eix or whatever and the category is just this...bad |
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> > >> concept we attach to packages for silly historical reasons.. |
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> > > I also care about categories: if I want to find a Python MySQL library, I'll run "eix -C dev-python mysql" (3 results) instead of a plain "eix mysql" (33 results). And, as William said, they really help with ambiguous package names such as docker. |
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> > This is definitely my approach too. |
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> > Anyway, I'm supportive of the new category. If it makes things clearer for people, why not? |
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> While it wouldn't hurt to consider revisiting the system eventually |
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> (mostly to avoid pkgmoves), I feel that's not a debate that needs to |
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> come up every time consider new categories given they're still cheap |
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> to add and a system change wouldn't happen overnight. |
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Categories are just one piece of metadata about the package and |
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incorporating - one somewhat arbitrary - metadata in a name is in |
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general not a good idea. I think that was all Alec was saying and I tend |
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to agree. |
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But it is not an easy fix so go ahead afaic. |
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Eray |
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