Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> While I'm not up on IPS/python to comment on the code changes, I
> looked through the data portions of this (i.e. distro-import/*/*),
> and see a few corrections/suggestions for the packages I'm most
> familiar with:
>
> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWdfbh:
> src/util/distro-import/00/i386/SUNWagph:
> - these are actually headers, not drivers, so should be under
>   Development/System, not Drivers/Display
>   
> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWfwdc:
> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWusbvc:
> - these are for webcams (i.e. video input, not output), so I'd
>   call them Drivers/Media, not Drivers/Display
>
> src/util/distro-import/100a/i386/SUNWdrmr
> - DRM are the Direct Rendering Modules for graphics cards, so these are
>   also Drivers/Display
>
> src/util/distro-import/96/i386/SUNWnge:
> - nge is nvidia's ethernet, not video driver, so it should be
>   Drivers/Networking, not /Display
>
> src/util/distro-import/100a/i386/NVDAgraphics:
> - this is nvidia's video driver, which I would expect under Drivers/Display
>   

Okay.

> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWgnu-coreutils:
> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWgnu-diffutils:
> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWgnu-which:
> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWgzip:
> src/util/distro-import/76/common/SUNWggrp:
> src/util/distro-import/89/common/SUNWbzip:
> src/util/distro-import/96/common/SUNWgsed:
> - These seem more like System/Text Tools or Applications/System Utilities
>   than Development packages (just because they're from GNU doesn't mean
>   they have to go under Development/GNU).
>   

I went with Applications/System Utilities

> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWvts*:
> - VTS is the hardware test tool, so System/Hardware seems a closer fit than
>   Development
>   

Okay.

> src/util/distro-import/00/common/SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx:
> - These are video drivers for Xorg, so could also be under Drivers/Display
>   (System/X11 works too, so it's flip a coin time)
>   

I went with Drivers/Display

> src/util/distro-import/87/common/SUNWmemcached
> - I believe this fits better under Web Services/Application and Web Servers
>   (It's not used by the system, but by web servers trying to scale to handle
>    more traffic.)
>
> src/util/distro-import/90/common/SUNWfetchmail:
> - this is a mail client, so seems more Applications/Internet than
>   System/Administration and Configuration
>
> src/util/distro-import/92/i386/SUNWxvm
> - wouldn't this be System/Virtualization instead of Development/System?
>   

Okay.

> src/util/distro-import/94/common/SUNWircii
> - IRC clients don't seem a very core part of the system, much more like
>   Applications/Internet
>   

When Frank did an annotated first version, he put IRC clients under 
Applications/Internet
(albeit it was Applications (GNOME)/Internet at the time). See:
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/pkg-discuss/2008-October/007280.html
So I've left it there for now.


New webrev at:

  http://cr.opensolaris.org/~richb/pkg-4100-v2/

Michal/John, you probably want to make similar changes for the GUI 
Package Manager
in your opensolaris.org file.


Thanks for looking at this Alan.



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