Re: Categorization of packages (was Re: Aptitude, ARs)
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 11:54:41AM -0800, Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> was heard to say:
> At the same time, current "Categorical Browser" can be fed with a data
> generated with keyword approach. This latter was the thing I was
> considering since tagging package is time consuming and directly
> creating Daniel's current feed data is a bit too tedious and error
> prone.
This would be a good place to point out that the category generator
isn't particularly tied to its current data source; anything that stores
a DAG should be usable (although obviously some input formats are going to
be easier to parse than others :) )
> I agree.
> I think it will be more like:
> desktop/gnome/wordprocessor -> abiword
> desktop/wordprocessor/gnome -> abiword
> desktop/wordprocessor/tex -> lyx
> ...
>
> I usually have patience to look at up to 25 (1 screen).
>
> 25*25*25 = 15625 branch ends.
That's only true if it's balanced; remember that about half those
packages are editors ;-) Also, some leaves might appear in multiple
places.
> > > Ehm, when I hit 'l' I get:
> > >
> > > |Enter the new package tree limit:
> > > |!~v
> > >
> > > Without a 'Help' Button. Doesn't look very intuitive for me.
> >
> > I never claimed it was intuitive. :P
>
> Yah. :-) I can tell you that even with [HELP] button, it is not very
> intuitive for me. But it will b useful :-)
>
> Can you change [?] in New categorical browser to display this
> information. Also please add pointer to 'l' in menu.
Which information?
"l" isn't in the menu for technical reasons :(
Daniel
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