Re: A better apt...
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> There is the case of creating a system too complicated for anyone to
> effectively use. Maybe should look at full text searching (ala altavista)
> to perform selections. This is much more familiar and understandable.
That is worse than keyword searches. I really don't think it would make
things too complicated if implemented well. I really think it would add
a lot.
It would be complicated to implimente well though... Maybe thats your
objection.
I just sounds a bit complicated at first. All the user would have to do
is browse through the the list of topics and then perhapes chose an
interface like so:
+-------------------+------------------+
| viewers | command line |
| eps | terminal |
| * gif | *SVGA lib |
| * ps | *X |
+-------------------+------------------+
| pack. desc. get |
+--------------------------------------+
| xv desc text | | |
| gs desc text | | |
| etc... | | |
+--------------------------------------+
Now whats so hard about that.
Do you just don't think it is worth implementing??
>
> Integrating Trove information would probably be a good idea once that
> matures a bit more - sounds like it would take care of alot of this.
Perhaps as from what I gather they have about the same target. So are
they making a system too completed for anyone to effectively use????
However I will defently look into it.
However you still have to use it effectively.
> > It will server to make the package list look a lot cleaner as
> > something like:
> >
> > xemacs20-bin 20.4-5
> > xemacs20-mule 20.4-5
> > xemacs20-mule-canna-wnn 20.4-5
> > xemacs20-nomule 20.4-5
> > xemacs20-support 20.4-5
> > xemacs20-supportel 20.4-5
> >
> > Would all be collapsed into a group called xemacs20. The group would
> > just be a package with nothing but a control file to describe stuff
> > that is common among all the packages such as the description of the
> > xemacs program the, rough version number (20.4), etc... A new tag
> > called (perhaps) "base-package" in each of the individual packages
> > will simply contain the name of the base packages in this case it
> > would be:
>
> This I do like, though how many packages like this do we really
> have?
Enough to make it worth while and as packages get larger I their will be
more...
>
> Jason
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