From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0311391DB for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E4B65E0B07; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f176.google.com (mail-wi0-f176.google.com [209.85.212.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D06A9E0AD9 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f176.google.com with SMTP id r20so2681372wiv.9 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=TKoewB6iye1DWbkT1aY2plxcuMVNNoG4lr/97yF7CD8=; b=CDGtTIG+T38jgDPTn6e0u3xZOgEV0HClm6SI1ViGxF7bD2j+wU59BwGSmO7qgYr1n8 Bd7qs6cMIUAG/yvtX+R2d+dxcrASB+ka25WqNELid5BIogh7cJvmNXbz92bCrHKdkl1w 0ufY/K8YzmuGlnsqU+kG2a42jnWjqFFy+oJ9WK2IEbXDAc+IlPgf97o6HXVwpJ2sp2I1 sgwSBgtaA77SrYLUjaZeSf7C5DFxDTGHddCorGoweqf7svuxYxFdXTr3n9YkEwXc5GRY 0wTvbuuBzL7HzRKAnecZ3oyM4duv3CYzPqPsbeEOk2vmon/bczY1rQmijLpwoV2A0yB/ KhkQ== X-Received: by 10.180.149.206 with SMTP id uc14mr16891193wib.10.1395684651585; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc3-broo7-2-0-cust157.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.30.224.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f3sm41260006wiv.2.2014.03.24.11.10.50 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:10:44 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC GLEP 1005: Package Tags Message-ID: <20140324181044.212eadc1@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <53306BFF.6010402@gmail.com> References: <20140323154609.1625d525@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> <20140324123619.5fca27ee@deathstar> <20140324152512.45516d0a@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> <5330476A.6020806@gmail.com> <20140324162844.54df38e6@googlemail.com> <53306BFF.6010402@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/OuoHoZeZsw.vYA=+qSfACit"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 7de84ad5-ef26-4bd4-ba91-bdac8c638751 X-Archives-Hash: 8cc20822524d649fe47f4179757b6ebc --Sig_/OuoHoZeZsw.vYA=+qSfACit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:31:43 -0400 Damien Levac wrote: > That being said, I am surprised that having no example showing it > works should be a deal breaker for trying it out. Wouldn't that > mindset kill innovation? I ask, because this isn't the first time "tags" have been proposed as the magic solution to everything. Each previous time, everyone has had a slightly different, incompatible idea of what "tags" are, what they're supposed to do, and how they're supposed to do it. So I would like to see someone explain in detail, and without glossing over the inconvenient technicalities, just how "tags" will help with "searching". > Such a feature could later being used to create applications like > *gasp* an intuitive GUI interface to portage or for statistical > analysis of packages... Could, maybe. But the current lack of intuitive GUI and the lack of statistical analysis both have absolutely nothing to do with not having tags... --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/OuoHoZeZsw.vYA=+qSfACit Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlMwdScACgkQ96zL6DUtXhEcTgCgj5ZGa8KyuGQD6BU7lKPecFFZ aW8AoKhyrq+c9/PR/QgCUal761HS31sg =LFRE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/OuoHoZeZsw.vYA=+qSfACit--