Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 12:10:36AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Sun, May 14, 2006 at 04:47:00PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
> > On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 07:36:49PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > > The packages ncbi-tools-bin and ncbi-tools-x11 have many many menu
> > > entries. Do you think that it would make sense to create a "NCBI"
> > > subsection in the Science section?
> >
> > Note that this is beyond the scope of the Debian menu structure, since
> > the Debian menu sub-policy allows packages to use new third-level
> > sections for private purpose.
> >
> > The criterion to add a new (unofficial) section is whether:
> > 1. that will help users find the softwares.
> > 2. the new section will almost never be with exactly one or two entries
> > and often with at least five entries when it is not empty.
> >
> > Here criterium 2 is fulfilled easily: there will be 0 or >=8 entries,
> >
> > For criterium 1. I think "NCBI" is far too cryptic. What does that mean
> > anyway ?
>
> Hi,
>
> NCBI is the National Center for Biotechnology Information
> (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). Think about the Google for biological
> research.
>
> My reasonning was that if people install the packages ncbi-tools-*, they
> necessarly know what the NCBI is. These packages are not part of complex
> dependancies networks:
I don't think we should use organisation name for section. Sections are
supposed to relate to the function of the software. So maybe there is
a common function theses entries uniquely perform. In the negative I
would just let them in Science.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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