Hi Forest, You can find a list of sections and their descriptions here: https://packages.debian.org/unstable/
To my understanding, the function of this package is to inhibit screen locking when using a joystick. While it's used for games, it isn't a game in and of itself, correct? Utilities is described as: > Utilities for file/disk manipulation, backup and archive tools, system > monitoring, input systems, etc. To me, this seems like it would fit best. To be clear, I'm not telling you that it must go in utils, but it doesn't fit in x11 or games, and utils seems like the next best fit. I hope this helps. Best regards, Simon Quigley [email protected] On July 16, 2026 1:55:53 PM CDT, Forest <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, Simon. Author/maintainer here. > >Please note that my email address recently changed. The new one will be >reflected in my next package upload. > >Simon Quigley wrote: > >>This package mostly looks okay, but I'm not sure it should be in the games >>section. >>I'm thinking something like utils, but suggestions are welcome. > >Back when I was first packaging joystickwake (it was more than a few >years ago) I was unsure of which section to use, too. > >I considered utils, but since joystickwake is neither a command line >tool nor interactive, it didn't seem to fit with the packages that are >already in utils. > >I considered x11, but since joystickwake doesn't depend on X11, that >seemed inaccurate. However, I see that some Wayland packages are now in >the x11 section, so maybe that would be an appropriate section for >joystickwake after all? > >I chose games mainly for visibility: Joystickwake is specifically for >use with games, and would be pointless elsewhere, so having it listed in >the games section seemed like a decent way to help people who need it >discover it. > >Sadly, I was unable to find any guidance in the Debian policy docs on >what qualifies a package for each archive section. > >Would misc would be a better choice than games? > >I would be happy to change it if I knew what section would be acceptable >to the Debian developers.
