Re: Better Categorization (was: improvements)
"Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>:
> 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: ^^^^^^
>
God, god, don't (necesary) need that fancy interface. Add a submenu in curent
dselect betwen main-menus selct entry and the select screen. In that submenu
You can chose one of the sections or all sections. Dselects standard way of
going to the next menu item when returning from previus selection will make
it real nice to browse all the sections one at the time. Keywords is god too,
but a posability to view one section at the time will help allot (it's easy
to get lost in 1.1's pakage-list, 1.2 is twice as big right?).
The dependency/conflict screen must of corse show all involved pakages,
regardless what section they in.
>
> Sections:
>
> [ ] admin [ ] base [ ] comm [ ] contrib
> [ ] devel [ ] doc [ ] editors [ ] experimental
> [ ] games [ ] graphic [ ] smail [ ] math
> [ ] misc [ ] net [ ] news [ ] nonfree
> [ ] shells [ ] sound [ ] text [ ] x11
>
contrib experimental and nonfree maybe should be prioritys (right term for
Required, important... ?) rather then sections? Probably complicated but an
editor is an editor even if exprimental or nonfree.....
I do like this prioritys. don't take them out of dselect - it's a graet
hint to novice users. Like them so much I think they usefull to build an
esy install tool on.
EASY INSTALL TOOL SUGESTION
Let the user chose a priority fore eatch section then install all pakages
whit that or higer priority. Possably adding 'none' as an option on some
sections (You dont need games at all). The install should be done in the
least likely to break order. Debian is a Big and complicated. It's in the
nature of an 'complet' Linux (U**X - or anny 'real' OS) distrubution. To
make things worse, its a constantly moving target. The install must be able
to stand some dependesy bugs.... I dont know the safest order but to give
on exampel: Install all pakages of higest priority, then take every
priority in order. For every priority start whith the base section
follewed by the admin section and then the rest.
In this way will the info that controlls the easy install be visible in
dselect. That makes it easy to know what You have changed from the
default and esy to recover to the default if You get 'lost'.
This easy install tool will automaticly follow debians evulosion as
pakages change priority and new sections is introdused. Thats a good
thing too....
I do know You can make selections i dselect on sections and on different
prioritys for eatch sections much as this easy install tool is sugested to.
I think it's still is a point in an tool that makes that even MORE easy...
Hope You can stand (and understand) my English... /Lars
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