Re: Type tags for Debian packages.
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> The problem I have with a heirarchical structure is that you always
> have those 'gray area' packages that may go into one location or another.
>
> For example:
> I have an X11-based system administration tool.
> Should it go into X11/system or system/X11?
>
> A keyword based system would not have this problem.
No no, you didn't read thoroughly enough. I said that one advantage of
this system is that every package can have any number of these tags, so
you could put them in both, if you really want.
So it is almost like keywords, but with the difference that these keywords
create a hierarchical tree-like structure.
Patrik
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