Re: Debian Menu policy leads to confusion
Linas Zvirblis <0x0007@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Frank,
>
>> It seems "Science" here has the meaning "natural sciences", I guess
>> that's usual in english. But how about pieces of software for social
>> sciences or humanities (I don't know of any, because I'm a biochemist,
>> but for sure there are some)?
>
> Probably too few to bother, if any.
I don't think we should exclude them from Apps/Science without bothering
to provide an alternative (they would end up in misc, wouldn't they?).
So either we create Apps/Science/humanities, or we change the
description of the Science section so that social sciences and
humanities are allowed in.
BTW, linguistics isn't really a natural science, but there's of course
lots of software involved.
>> And I also don't see a good place for tools used by scientists that are
>> not scientific software proper: most notably bibliography stuff. Should
>> this go to Office?
>
> I would suggest putting such software in Databases.
Yes, that's a good suggestion.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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