On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 05:16:39PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Control: tag -1 +wontfix
;-) > Hi Geert, Hey Jonas, Hello others that see this message, > Quoting Geert Stappers (2025-10-26 15:13:38) > > Why this wish for helix metapackes is nicely expressed > > at https://www.reddit.com/r/HelixEditor/comments/1ofv4ua/comment/nlg61qk/ > > > > I wonder what approach to searching was used For me it was the search form at the lower half of https://packages.debian.org/ https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=helix&searchon=names&suite=stable§ion=all has no hits. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=hx&searchon=names&suite=stable§ion=all has many hits > Each of `apt search helix` and `apt-cache search helix` and > `axi-cache search helix` has the hx package as a result. > > I am not convinced that metapackages is a good instrument for > discoverability - indexing tools that take package descriptions into > account is a far better instrument for that purpose. > > Please also see https://bugs.debian.org/1024683#38 and > https://bugs.debian.org/1024683#65 for my responses to arbuably related > requests. Acknowledge. Groeten Geert Stappers Who will prepare a patch proposal for discussion and laughter :-) -- Silence is hard to parse
