Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Expanding categories' descriptions

[Ben de Groot]

On 2 April 2013 19:01, Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o> wrote:

> 01.04.2013 11:52, Michael Palimaka пишет:
> > On 1/04/2013 04:29, Denis M. wrote:
> >> I think it's a good idea to expand the categories' descriptions (found
> >> in the corresponding metadata.xml files) with more accurate descriptions
> >> of which packages are welcome to fit in which categories.
> >>
> >> If expanding the metadata.xml files does not seem a good idea, we should
> >> at least make a little bit more comprehensive description somewhere in
> >> the gentoo.org/doc/ or wiki.gentoo.org pages.
> >>
> >> What do you think about it?
> >>
> >
> > Sounds good to me. From time to time I see even experienced developers
> > not sure as to which category a package belongs.
> >
> > There is also inconsistency with packages of a certain type being spread
> > over multiple categories. For example, packages containing "password
> > manager" in the description currently exist in three different
> categories.
>
> +1 for that. I was really confused(tbh, i am confused even now) about
> x11-apps/x11-misc categories, for example. Sometimes it is really not
> clear where package should goes.
>
> Another example - app-admin/ansible. Some devs thinks that it should be
> sys-cluster/ansible, but i put it into app-admin/, relying on
> app-admin/puppet as an example.
>
> So, some sort of clarification for such noobs, like me, would be really
> appreciated :-)
>
>
>
I agree that it is a good idea. I also tried to be explicit when I added
the dev-qt category. I'm sure we can benefit from more precise descriptions
for all categories.

So please come with some suggestions to get the ball rolling!

-- 
Cheers,

Ben | yngwin
Gentoo developer
Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin