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 1HhvRu-00076M-NC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:31:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3SMUPI8014873; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:30:25 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3SMSVMI012485 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:28:32 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3330164B92 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:28:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.255 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.255 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.255] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gR4GD6np8SSM for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE76A649F5 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HhvOp-0000Ap-VU for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:28:15 +0200 Received: from ip68-230-67-248.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.230.67.248]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:28:15 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-230-67-248.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:28:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: new herd: theology Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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> 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: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-230-67-248.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.128 (SR/CL: Leitmotiv: Toynbee Idea) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 0354f1a3-6285-4a36-aabf-53ae79a89eae X-Archives-Hash: 321a10542c2e42b7b2b65fbb9862972b Dominique Michel posted 20070428183250.68881282@localhost, excerpted below, on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:32:50 +0200: > 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. I think you are missing the distinction between category/package, as seen in the tree and therefore affecting users and externally visible, and herd, which many users likely aren't aware of at all, as it's primarily a Gentoo-internal way for devs to organize packages of a similar theme they may be interested in working on. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list