Re: "task" and beyond, aptitude is not solution
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 04:13, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Exactly. Most maintainers throw everything into optional because few
> packages in Std "define" what the "core" is and everything with less
> importance (for administrator) has to be below. Why do a "desktop" user
> need bind9-host in the first line? Or bison? Or cpp? We should realise
> that if Debian becomes more user oriented, the users will need to
> priorize a range of packages and be able to set the threshold so all
> packages below it are hidden. The (pre)selection of the package series
> could be done by Subprojects (-demudi, -desktop, -jr). What I suggest is
> similar to the current task scheme and could replace the task-scheme,
> imo. When the users set the focus on certain package series and says:
> install all of _my_ Standard packages, she will get it. Otherwise she
> can browse through the minimised package selection and choose what she
> needs.
I was thinking something more along the lines of adding a Keywords:
package field. I know we've debated a lot about keywords in the past as
a replacement for our current categorization system.
Personally though, I would like to put say "novice" and "desktop"
keywords in a few of my packages such as rhythmbox. Other packages of
mine like mini-dinstall might get an "advanced" or "developer" or
somesuch.
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