[Bringing this bug to the eyes of debian-devel readers] On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:34:48PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > Package: ftp.debian.org > > > Hi, > > While trying to sort of the Section field for the apps included in kdeedu, > I started to wonder if we are missing a subsection in the archive for > educational applications. > We have a lot of new applications in the archive that are not exactly > games. Currently most of the applications are split between the subsections > misc and games. > E.g.: under games we have childsplay, tuxtype and under "misc" we have > jclic, anki and most of the debian-edu metapackages. > > We also have several linguistic applications (no localization ones) that could > fall under this category: apertium, kiten or parley. > > I am sure there are more educational apps "hidden" under other categories.
While I agree in principle with this attempt there might be a lot of packages which fit into Science *and* Education section. The sections approach in Debian is weak in the way that a package can only be put in one section. The alternatives are DebTags and the Blends tasks. If you compare the tasks of Debian Science[1] and Debian Edu[2] in the "typical" sciences Astronomy, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics and Physics you will realise the problem. So I agree that education related applications from section misc should definitely get a better home. But even in the Games section you will find packages where people would rather see them here than in Education (even if I personally would like to see the "educational" Games in a specific section). Kind regards Andreas. [1] http://blends.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/ [2] http://blends.alioth.debian.org/edu/tasks/ -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org