>>> Probably we should drop the tree structure (reduce the number of >>> categories?) and replace it by search tags + tools to query these tags. >> >> +1 > >+1 > >In addition, I'd say the actual Nix packages tree structure should be >redesigned to >be developer-oriented. I.e., less rather than more categories, and >subdirectories >make sense for packages that are maintained as a unit or have a >similar build structure.
Maybe logic of the package tree should be revised, but having 2735 subdirectories in a single directory doesn't sound too friendly, either. Although maybe splitting on the first-letters basis is enough as we have all-packages.nix anyway. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
