Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:16:54 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:48:25PM +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0500 > > William Hubbs wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > > > I have recently noticed that our amateur radio applications are > > > in the category media-radio. > > > > > > Amateur Radio is not considered part of the media, so I would > > > like to propose renaming this category to app-hamradio, or > > > possibly moving the amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if > > > there are things in media-radio which are not amateur radio > > > related. > > > > > I like the idea very much. But I am an radio amateur and therefore > > I am a little bit biased :). I was always confused to find them in > > media-radio. If we do the move please count on me. > > I am an amateur radio operator as well, and that is why putting the > ham radio apps in"media-radio" bothers me. Ham radio is not part of > the media. > > But to be honest there are some amateur (ham) radio related > > packages in other categories too (e.g. app-misc/aldo - a cw morse > > trainer, app-text/7plus - a packet radio text encoder, ..). So > > maybe a general cleanup would be good. > > > > A quick count in media-radio gives 12 packages for amateur radio > > and 2 others (the second one coming in just today). In sunrise > > there are 11 amateur radio related packages and 0 others. That > > means a move to app-hamradio would leave media-radio nearly empty. > > I would say that if the sunrise packages eventually get moved into > portage, they should go in app-hamradio instead of media-radio, then > maybe we could move the other ham radio packages over there, but then > what would be the best choice for whatever is left in media-radio? > I wonder if there is a formal approach to add new categories to the tree or rename existing ones? Thomas signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
On 07/14/2010 03:16 PM, William Hubbs wrote: I am an amateur radio operator as well, and that is why putting the ham radio apps in"media-radio" bothers me. Ham radio is not part of the media. Most of the stuff in the media-* doesn't have anything to do with "the media" - whatever that is. Media likely stands for multimedia - generally referring to anything that has to do with sound, graphics, video, etc. I doubt that the jsmath font has anything to do with "the media," but it is a font, and fonts have to do with graphics, and graphics are part of multimedia. If we REALLY want to move I guess we can do so, but I don't think that the category was supposed to be suggestive of the news or entertainment industries. Rich
Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:48:25PM +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0500 > William Hubbs wrote: > > > All, > > > > I have recently noticed that our amateur radio applications are in the > > category media-radio. > > > > Amateur Radio is not considered part of the media, so I would like to > > propose renaming this category to app-hamradio, or possibly moving the > > amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if there are things in > > media-radio which are not amateur radio related. > > > I like the idea very much. But I am an radio amateur and therefore I am > a little bit biased :). I was always confused to find them in > media-radio. If we do the move please count on me. I am an amateur radio operator as well, and that is why putting the ham radio apps in"media-radio" bothers me. Ham radio is not part of the media. > But to be honest there are some amateur (ham) radio related packages in > other categories too (e.g. app-misc/aldo - a cw morse trainer, > app-text/7plus - a packet radio text encoder, ..). So maybe a general > cleanup would be good. > > A quick count in media-radio gives 12 packages for amateur radio and 2 > others (the second one coming in just today). In sunrise there are 11 > amateur radio related packages and 0 others. That means a move to > app-hamradio would leave media-radio nearly empty. I would say that if the sunrise packages eventually get moved into portage, they should go in app-hamradio instead of media-radio, then maybe we could move the other ham radio packages over there, but then what would be the best choice for whatever is left in media-radio? William pgpWGGR5lBroi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > All, > > I have recently noticed that our amateur radio applications are in the > category media-radio. > > Amateur Radio is not considered part of the media, so I would like to > propose renaming this category to app-hamradio, or possibly moving the > amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if there are things in > media-radio which are not amateur radio related. > I like the idea very much. But I am an radio amateur and therefore I am a little bit biased :). I was always confused to find them in media-radio. If we do the move please count on me. But to be honest there are some amateur (ham) radio related packages in other categories too (e.g. app-misc/aldo - a cw morse trainer, app-text/7plus - a packet radio text encoder, ..). So maybe a general cleanup would be good. A quick count in media-radio gives 12 packages for amateur radio and 2 others (the second one coming in just today). In sunrise there are 11 amateur radio related packages and 0 others. That means a move to app-hamradio would leave media-radio nearly empty. Regards Thomas.
[gentoo-dev] rfc: amateur radio applications should not be in media-radio
All, I have recently noticed that our amateur radio applications are in the category media-radio. Amateur Radio is not considered part of the media, so I would like to propose renaming this category to app-hamradio, or possibly moving the amateur radio applications to app-hamradio if there are things in media-radio which are not amateur radio related. What does everyone else think? Thanks, William pgpiUnlMdVN7G.pgp Description: PGP signature
