-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Ciaran McCreesh: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:04:08 +0000 hasufell <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Ciaran McCreesh: >>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:33:27 -0700 Alec Warner >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Package_Tags >>> >>> And do what with them? Right now this is a solution without a >>> problem. >>> >> >> Finding packages. Descriptions are not consistent, categories >> too generic. > > Please explain, with examples, how tags will help with this. >
When thinking about games, it is pretty obvious and common practice on almost any gaming platform/service like steam. You can't just say "this game is an rpg"... it may be a mix of genres. Tags may even identify features like "multiplay". USE flags cannot deliver that, because there is no "multiplay" or "3rd-person" flag for obvious reasons. Descriptions try to be short and and give an idea what the game is about, not list all the possible genres or common search terms. It also works the other way around. There are a lot of applications that are scattered across multiple categories like terminal emulators or file managers. The user ends up searching the web or wiki instead of using portage tools which would be far more efficient. so we have: * tags to extend categories, e.g. when a package might fit in more than one * tags to group similar packages which are scattered across multiple categories * tags for features or attributes that cannot be expressed by USE flags and cannot be guaranteed to be part of the description * and so on -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTLtt8XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQzMDlCNDQ4NjEyNDI4NjA5REVEMDI3MzIy MjBDRDFDNUJERUVEMDIwAAoJECIM0cW97tAgn3QP/0KLFi6Zdv/OkdwMi05gXqlr NHnHAPf2v83gTeAikBaXRq+P11wWzraUPMrQBNe6agU2VmQGpJTt97KrVzzXJAuQ ND1W2Dne6wV/c61UY/KDnGExb9QSXi6ow5eNZoJjoX1sUEorXaNDlI57sYaywlny auT45Vhp87jwJLFydM4dGK4girbqSPR145bLumdB1fj5PGKc9z3e8MT2MQ+4UgYo m4VGWxoJ//j6TX6Wv5zk0WJRPVoRdOqcTcficp90Km56d+eDV9Ijx5K0ZIQ46+7z zj0xZvCLGKYsELgQlXHrCHrhYH12xkyo54WzVP2SpLN7AldKs73qr+Ntst3cLxUw HL7inMHzRJoGsGbuYVXPzfOyDC23LDaofJrMjdny/vrUfA/I+Iu6NgAjAcy59QaC QtW/DIpoZtosHSz6Bh4UG89a/KwhgVzPyJ2C/On0FtOv6oJmGjuCRj3SfH1hM5s8 6D3DYxXDFjfJR8WPrnTpwyMDaPgMP1Aow+WowEHFnp9ApBa8at1QONJm020SBZZx f7vSi6Iu6C34kg6dzojuVQoSoP/wpzWDksh9hNRhrZnsefpjZRCN5cCjMqMI30ua ZTU7vVG1BAeUjB18EzPIccLrk/2Tv8QDYvIRnNHsFWdedOQK7t5cbIo9tmIpYmNb ucdX2RTAXEoxjN/dCgIV =SPv7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
