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Re: Package categories



On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 13:55 +0100, Chris Walker wrote:
> It would be nice to see science packages better categorised. I guess
> this is ultimately best done using debtags.
> 
> For example http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/physics.php lists
> packages to do Finite element analysis, optical simulation, xray
> absorption spectroscopy, ab inito quantum mechanics and computer algebra.
> 
> I propose to post to this list or the wiki a list of potential
> subcategories along with packages that would go in them, and see where we go from there.
> 
> Comments?

Rather than "subcategories", I would prefer "keywords", because many
packages cover multiple subcategories.  But then, debtags are more
keyword than (sub)category in this sense.

-Adam
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