Re: Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section
> I added another section named "Analysis", that contains general data
> analysis/plotting/calculation applications. I find them very similar to
> what is found in "Math", so I consider moving "Mathematics" to "Science"
> a good idea.
Again: we see that scientists make heavy use of mathematics, so all
mathematics packages should be classified under "Science"? We might as
well file all mathematics packages under "Economics" for the same
reason.
I think it's wonderful that scientists get so much value out of
mathematical software, but they are not the only ones -- why does this
mean that every piece of mathematical software needs to be filed in the
science drawer?
Currently mathematics and science have their own sections in all the
places I frequent (debian archive sections, the KDE menu, the debian menu
system); this seems quite sane to me, and it's not clear to me why this
needs to be changed.
Ben.
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