Carlo Segre wrote: > > Hi Thibaud: > > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > >> >> So, should all science software really go under Education??? Or should >> I use both Graphics;3DGraphics;Viewers *and* >> Science;Astronomy;DataVisualization? >> > > The consensus on the debian-science list is no. Education is simply not > the right category. We have made several efforts to have this changed > in the free desktop specification to no avail. Some of us simply use an > sensible category and let the lintian errors pile up until they come to > their senses. >
When were such efforts made and where? I've not seen any discussion about scientific/research/technical menu additions on the fd.org xdg mailing list since I last had a discussion in June of 2007 where it seemed like they were quite willing to look at a patch. Note that I'm not denying there were efforts, I just haven't seen them. I was going to send such a patch to add a "Science" main category but I didn't want to do so until there was consensus around the name. It seems like "Research" is now the favorite, is that correct? -Jordan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
