Re: Packaging system improvements
Brian White writes:
> > > What if you had an X11 editor specifically for development? Where would
> > > you put it?
> >
> > Interface: X11
> > MainFunctionnality: Editors
> > UseLevel: Devel
> >
> > [Note that the "UseLevel:" idea comes from your challenging example :]
> >
> > I think there will only be a need for a few such fields; these 3 ones,
> > and 'DistPolicy' field seem quite sufficient. Anyone has another such
> > challenging example ?
>
> Why is this extra level of complexity needed? What does it accomplish?
> I don't find "UseLevel" to mean anything at all.
I was thinking about distinguishing a "developer's editor" from a
"simple user's editor". But probably the way I do it is bad, since
even I find it a bit dirty; after all, it was just an ad-hoc field to
answer the original question...
> There is no reason to make different entries for each thing unless the same
> word could apply to each heading (which will not be the case).
I'm not sure to understand what you mean, here. Could you develop that ?
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