Better Categorization (was: improvements)
> Mainly breaking it up a little more into categories would have let
> me build the system I want better. Like, I could go into a Utilities menu
> and choose editors and then choose vi and pico, but not emacs. Then go back
> and under networking go to mail and get pine, then back up and go to news
> and get tin, but not INN since I just want to read from another server, not
> host news.
I mention this briefly before Christmas, but thought I flesh it out a bit
and repeat it...
I think it would be a good idea to add a "Keywords:" line to the control
information for Debian packages. This would be an extension to the
"Section:" field with the section being considered the primary keyword.
A user-interface utility would then allow the user to narrow/expand
the list of package presented. For example:
Sections:
[ ] admin [ ] base [ ] comm [ ] contrib
[ ] devel [ ] doc [ ] editors [ ] experimental
[ ] games [ ] graphic [ ] smail [ ] math
[ ] misc [ ] net [ ] news [ ] nonfree
[ ] shells [ ] sound [ ] text [ ] x11
Keywords: (*) And ( ) Or
[ ] small [ ] graphics [ ] English [ ] French
[ ] sound [ ] internet
(note: I am not suggesting those keywords -- they are examples only)
Maintainers would be able to select their own keywords, but there should
also be a fixed set which should always be given if applicable.
Of course, this is still an "expert" selection system. The should also
be some sort of pre-formed package sets that beginners can install.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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