Glynn Foster wrote: > 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. All packages, even clusters, have to be placed in a subcategory. If they don't fit well into a subcategory we might have to create an additional subcategory.
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