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 35895138010 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4E21E0B8C; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:02:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0EDDE0AF7 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [91.220.220.251] (pinkbyte.micronet-rostov.ru [91.220.220.251]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pinkbyte) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 72BAB33DBE7 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:02:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <515ABAA7.6070500@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:01:59 +0400 From: Sergey Popov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130218 Thunderbird/17.0.2 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Expanding categories' descriptions References: <51587263.6080505@politeia.in> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2NXTOWSGTJGVSSPHJDDDQ" X-Archives-Salt: 5c122330-21de-4b0d-87ed-58c49920918b X-Archives-Hash: 1e8fdf2aa84d05ee0dcb6316687cb04d This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2NXTOWSGTJGVSSPHJDDDQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 01.04.2013 11:52, Michael Palimaka =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > 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 descriptio= ns >> of which packages are welcome to fit in which categories. >> >> The current descriptions are very vague and aren't probably in the bes= t >> 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 bett= er >> understanding of the categories. >> >> If expanding the metadata.xml files does not seem a good idea, we shou= ld >> 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) >> >=20 > Sounds good to me. From time to time I see even experienced developers > not sure as to which category a package belongs. >=20 > There is also inconsistency with packages of a certain type being sprea= d > over multiple categories. For example, packages containing "password > manager" in the description currently exist in three different categori= es. +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 :-) --=20 Best regards, Sergey Popov Gentoo Linux Developer Desktop-effects project lead ------enig2NXTOWSGTJGVSSPHJDDDQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRWrqnAAoJECo/aRed9267F74H/iVodqFKCtI63M2g3c+hQBG6 oO6IDqf32EDEuRIJ3jS4YnioGgB5whhzLCYutsd16q8hZ8BfOPrV508FHE4HR2Yk RIckM16pcT4/Lv0sCxxMJsuyY2bREgizlam1Inob9FAPwFKTx6u8sOUbyIaNDOsK 8t1zNBk4690+1XGr9o2QSDfjY8ZfA1atIwBW6joPV5zQ/5R2UNlNvs5QeLCvcoVA t/rd725qLm5mUNjSBltIUDXRCknPbSUALPdTuBTVsjVwCIyTNoImveJsIRq7ez7B qlF/PFieIBz/ziqImt6xquTsCx/5djOVQ5jmZwXgkk2uYy6pNe6sK06EeaUamkY= =u/LB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2NXTOWSGTJGVSSPHJDDDQ--