Il giorno lun 17 dic 2018 alle ore 22:10 swedebugia <swedebu...@riseup.net> ha scritto:
> Hi :) > > On 2018-12-17 20:01, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote: > > Hello, > > > > In the past when we've discussed package tagging, I think Ludo' has been > > against it, primarily because it's a giant source of bikeshedding. I > > agree that it's a huge space for bikeshedding... no space provides more > > bikeshedding than naming things, and tagging things is a many to many > > naming system. > > > > However, I will say that finding packages based on topical interest is > > pretty hard right now. If I want to find all the available roguelikes: > > > > cwebber@jasmine:~$ guix package -A rogue > > hyperrogue 10.5 out gnu/packages/games.scm:3652:2 > > roguebox-adventures 2.2.1 out gnu/packages/games.scm:1047:2 > > > > Hm, that's strange, there's definitely more roguelikes that should show > > up than that! A more specific search is even worse: > > > > cwebber@jasmine:~$ guix package -A roguelike > > cwebber@jasmine:~$ > > > > What I should have gotten back: > > - angband > > - cataclysm-dda > > - crawl > > - crawl-tiles > > - hyperrogue > > - nethack > > - roguebox-adventures > > - tome4 > > > > So I only got 1/4 of the entries I was interested in in my first query. > > Too bad! > > > > I get that we're opening up space for bikeshedding and *that's true*. > > But it seems like not doing so makes things hard on users. > > > > What do you think? Is there a way to open the (pandora's?) box of tags > > safely? > > Yes and no. > > Pjotr and I have discussed this relating to biotech software. He said > that many scientists have a hard time finding the right tools for the job. > > I proposed tight integration with wikidata[1] (every software in the > world will eventually have an item there) and Guix (QID on every package > and lookup/catogory integration) and leave all the categorizing to them. > Ha problem sidestepped, they are bikeshedding experts over there in > wikiland! :D > > The advantage of this is that everyone using wikidata (every package > manager) could pull the same categorization so we only do it once in a > central > > What do you think? > > -- > > There is also the Free Software Directory https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page I don't know what the relationship between Wikidata and the FSD is Does Wikidata import data from the FSD ? Or viceversa ?
