Re: the math section should really be science
Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:20:31PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > I'm packaging viewmol, a program for visualising molecules, used in
> > computational chemistry.
> >
> > The question arises, what subsection should it be put into?
> > A comparable program, rasmol, is already in debian, in the math subsection.
> > But computational chemistry is not, strictly speaking, mathematics (it
> > can be considered a sub-branch of mathematics, but you don't usually talk
> > about the weight or electron affinity of a number).
>
> So, put it in "science" section.
>
> % grep-available -F Section -s Package science
> Package: hodie
> %
>
> This has been discussed already, and the new section was created/allowed.
It's not very useful if http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science
does not exist. I'll start moving packages of mine when I see
the section actually listed anywhere.
Peter
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