On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Loui Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > I took a look at the feature request, and I have to say that I kinda like the idea that it presents.
