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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
To: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New category: net-servers
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:27:25 +0100
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>>>>> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Jonas Stein wrote:

>> I've been packaging some Gemini protocol servers and clients in ::guru
>> overlay, and they all go to net-misc category. I think it would be
>> better to split browsers and servers for non-www protocols (like Finger,
>> Ident, Gemini and Gopher) into separate categories.

> all servers without www servers means, we should move
> ssh, imap, pop, mysql... there too

I tend to disagree. Anything specific should stay in its category, e.g.
FTP servers in net-ftp, IRC servers in net-irc.

> I think we need a more precise definition if we do not want this.

I wonder if "servers" is a good category, in the first place. A server
can be for anything.

Ulrich