Hey,

Sorry for coming late at this, but on quick review one thing stood  
out...

On 11/10/2008, at 6:43 AM, Frank Ludolph wrote:

> The Pkg Mgr GUI has a two-level package categorization hierarchy that
> can be used, in addition to search, to browse and select specific
> packages for installation. The categorization in the preview release  
> was
> incomplete. We are looking to improve this in the near future. After
> reviewing several existing categorization schemes we are proposing the
> following.
>
> The scheme below is designed to be user oriented rather than purely
> logical. For example Drivers would logically be placed under System  
> and
> Applications under Desktop. But this would both flatten their spaces  
> (no
> subcategories due to the two level limitation) and force users to go
> through a primary category - System or Desktop - for the packages
> end-users are most likely to access.
>
> Due to implementation limitations at this time no two subcategories  
> can
> have the same name so there are subcategories like "Localizations
> (Desktop)" and "Localizations (System)". The need for the "( ... )"
> should be addressed in the near future.
>
> All primary categories will have an "All" subcategory that lists all
> packages within that primary category.

How would associate clusters in this categorization?

For example, would 'amp-dev' just appear as a top level 'Development'  
cluster? Would 'gnome-desktop' under Desktop (GNOME)? I don't have a  
problem with this, just wondering how you'd present that information  
to the user.


Glynn
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