On Thu 02 Sep 2010 03:48 +0200, Stefan Husmann wrote: > Am 01.09.2010 20:08, schrieb PyroPeter: > > Hello subscribers, > > > > imo its hard to decide which category to use for some packages. > > > > E.g. a browser: Should it be categorized as "network" or "x11"? > > > > Is there a exact definition of these categorys somewhere? > > If not, one should be written. > > AFAIK not. The categories aare for better searching in AUR only, > they have no technical reason in pacman. therefore the issue seems > not important enough for someone writing an exact definitions document.
Well, categories are a legacy structure from the old ABS system. They were removed and the idea of a better categorisation system has been flirted with. Here's a relevant feature request. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7132
