Re: New section in potato?
On Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 04:58:35PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:04:05AM +0100, Kristoffer.Rose@ENS-Lyon.FR wrote:
> > Joseph Carter writes:
> >
> > > "Desktop" with KDE and Gnome would be HUGE. No, Gnome section now, KDE
> > > section later when we have KDE. Gnome and KDE are BOTH big enough for
> > > their own sections, Gnome is as big as tex and KDE is bigger.
> >
> > Please: this is wrong! The sections are *not* there for our convenience
> > but for the USERS to find what they WANT, based on CATEGORIES of software.
>
> Gnome is a category unto itself really. Gnome applications are hardly
> standalone, same with KDE.
A package's dependencies are not really relevant when deciding its section.
I think Kristoffer's reasoning is absolutely correct.
> I disagree. The reason for seperating it is that it is HUGE for one and
> for another you don't need/want X on a router. I do not support making
?? Section has nothing to do with priority either.
<aesbestos suit>
Perhaps, at the same time, we can fix the problem where all X11 packages
install in /usr/X11R6, rather than just /usr.
</aesbestos suit>
Hamish
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