From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hi6Gb-00084k-S2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:04:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3TA359X011074; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:03:05 GMT Received: from citycable.ch (mail.alinto.citycable.ch [85.218.0.110]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3T9xVFF003524 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:59:31 GMT Received: (qmail 27313 invoked by uid 64); 29 Apr 2007 09:59:31 -0000 Received: from dominique.michel@citycable.ch by alinto.net (uvscan: v5.1.00/v5019. Clean); 29 Apr 2007 09:59:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (dominique.michel@citycable.ch@85.218.4.108) by smtp.alinto.citycable.ch with SMTP; 29 Apr 2007 09:59:31 -0000 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:00:08 +0200 From: Dominique Michel To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: new herd: theology Message-ID: <20070429120008.326165bb@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <463159E2.4030009@gentoo.org> <1177647086.2532.495.camel@phoenix> <20070427072418.6ae6bd78@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net> <20070427105925.GE31162@ubik> <20070427200225.7ad15493@localhost> <46329CF0.8030800@gentoo.org> <4632BA6E.3070005@gentoo.org> <20070428105646.2b187289@localhost> <4633408F.5030507@digital-trauma.de> <20070428183250.68881282@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEXy8ubtkoXo7+b1+fbN cGKCeWDtamweFA8eMkmKPkPtvcWRoqyV0Pn7AAACbElEQVQ4jXXTMWvbQBQA4MOlizsdXEXp KAi09mKcLZ0EJxONDRJVkikg9AtqTm63gtHDmVJs1GsnC0JiaTMJGN2f67uzznJb+gZj9PFO 7717IqdtvCAmem4bxMLp/2BEyEBF1+U/0H8uhI6rv+BVLNrY/gH9T0L8yAxk2yMY3YuZxDCn TY/gpBByyTGktIcZOIvFjPNJmqYJDwrx3cIoBrE0zzG4FF8tfBAwM+DonKCYWjgROZ6Upjcm 5Qje58JAmlKKGfIAjzaDUuogZBY2Bjg14eDbywMIqZvwqgqFBcVFB0seYONLb00ZZlh4p0F6 FHNoUMyKAzxowJSQTyj+XloYs3MN3GeMpzyYSTMshLM00ODpWlPp4SDbqs4cViDcGAgmlK/a PsaOg7DvIQ3wzANMqB/iQW/XTkoTLO6XhSeHUoQKe+NLjyY/Ldx7CW2D4WTYhZ3V0GP64RpP Q/E66IUWMLj3+nDn4w2ejMACyXFeHZy6ETcZehc49bv1GQ/0bazNuzm97mDkhnoie9i30WYM w/YCnYT7Fx308s98n0IT//Jod1+aOzdzYXLVbftol+PC+REG3u+0AxdEtuSMB6G+DLGwMH4E vXGmJn8VCLM9LhmrOAMQYt5Wi/DFgIC52iFkUzMpDVmjAaDZRGC+JGwDqzJ/G5fUUcWZAaE7 YfvPLYtIU1Wb4A2IeS7uDMgcIFutiCr766qGfKHyuxvTIERKXVNSN27lDgCuBuojlpxIyJV6 ritS1uWWuHF2Ww7qcIKbqEFVNbmtmm3vGSCHbVXjikrY3SpVxwQWw2aIjwG+ueXTJDmHeK6a HfwGyU5ZSlGeSRQAAAAASUVORK5CYII= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-aduser: dominique.michel@citycable.ch/85.218.4.108 X-Archives-Salt: 718bc5fc-6595-4182-99e2-84b195f3af3c X-Archives-Hash: ff63f4546191412c2b80e6d50af82615 Le Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:27:47 +0000 (UTC), Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> a =C3=A9crit : > Dominique Michel posted > 20070428183250.68881282@localhost, excerpted below, on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 > 18:32:50 +0200: >=20 > > I disagree. When searching for a software to do a given job and when I > > have no idea of which software can do it, I begin to look for the ebuild > > descriptions in the portage tree. It goes faster as anything else with > > mc. And I will never search a genealogy program in theology, so I will > > just miss it if it is in theology. >=20 > I think you are missing the distinction between category/package, as seen= =20 > in the tree and therefore affecting users and externally visible, and=20 > herd, which many users likely aren't aware of at all, as it's primarily a= =20 > Gentoo-internal way for devs to organize packages of a similar theme they= =20 > may be interested in working on. >=20 It is well possible as I am not a dev. (still) I will look at it. But it doesn't change at some devs expressed the same concern in this thread. Anot= her fact remain: theology is about religion when genealogy is about sciences. Ciao, Dominique -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list