Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New category: net-servers

2021-12-20 Thread Jonas Stein 

On 20/12/2021 09.05, Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:

On 2021-12-20 01:18, Jonas Stein wrote:

I think we need a more precise definition if we do not want this.


"servers for miscellaneous application-level network protocols"?


sounds like server-misc/* what is the benefit?
https://xkcd.com/1077/

I do not think this is a good idea.
Categories should be as sharp and clear as possible.

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Best,
Jonas

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New category: net-servers

2021-12-19 Thread Ulrich Mueller 
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Jonas Stein wrote:

>> I've been packaging some Gemini protocol servers and clients in ::guru
>> overlay, and they all go to net-misc category. I think it would be
>> better to split browsers and servers for non-www protocols (like Finger,
>> Ident, Gemini and Gopher) into separate categories.

> all servers without www servers means, we should move
> ssh, imap, pop, mysql... there too

I tend to disagree. Anything specific should stay in its category, e.g.
FTP servers in net-ftp, IRC servers in net-irc.

> I think we need a more precise definition if we do not want this.

I wonder if "servers" is a good category, in the first place. A server
can be for anything.

Ulrich

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New category: net-servers

2021-12-19 Thread Jonas Stein 

Hi,


I've been packaging some Gemini protocol servers and clients in ::guru
overlay, and they all go to net-misc category. I think it would be
better to split browsers and servers for non-www protocols (like Finger,
Ident, Gemini and Gopher) into separate categories.


all servers without www servers means, we should move
ssh, imap, pop, mysql... there too

I think we need a more precise definition if we do not want this.

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Best,
Jonas