01.04.2013 11:52, Michael Palimaka пишет:
> On 1/04/2013 04:29, Denis M. wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> (I was redirected from gentoo-doc@ to ask this here.)
>>
>> I think it's a good idea to expand the categories' descriptions (found
>> in the corresponding metadata.xml files) with more accurate descriptions
>> of which packages are welcome to fit in which categories.
>>
>> The current descriptions are very vague and aren't probably in the best
>> shape to bring users' a good idea what certain category is about and
>> what packages are to be found there.
>>
>> This can also be an issue for (new) ebuild-writers (either
>> user-contributed ebuilds or just gentoo developers that are not
>> sure0-000-p
>> about it either).
>> hat t
>> This is of course checked by a gentoo developer if new ebuilds are to be
>> submitted via the bugzilla, but I still think we should provide a better
>> understanding of the categories.
>>
>> If expanding the metadata.xml files does not seem a good idea, we should
>> at least make a little bit more comprehensive description somewhere in
>> the gentoo.org/doc/ or wiki.gentoo.org pages.
>>
>> What do you think about it?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Denis M. (Phr33d0m)
>>
> 
> Sounds good to me. From time to time I see even experienced developers
> not sure as to which category a package belongs.
> 
> There is also inconsistency with packages of a certain type being spread
> over multiple categories. For example, packages containing "password
> manager" in the description currently exist in three different categories.

+1 for that. I was really confused(tbh, i am confused even now) about
x11-apps/x11-misc categories, for example. Sometimes it is really not
clear where package should goes.

Another example - app-admin/ansible. Some devs thinks that it should be
sys-cluster/ansible, but i put it into app-admin/, relying on
app-admin/puppet as an example.

So, some sort of clarification for such noobs, like me, would be really
appreciated :-)


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Best regards, Sergey Popov
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Desktop-effects project lead