My proposal it to add some schematic (with well known structure)
information to %description in packages. That would allow to easyly
find some suitable application using search in poldek, or grep in
SPECS directory.
Teoretically rpm groups should be used for that prupose, but there
are very little different groups, and one application may not have
more than one group at once.
Additionally information I's like to be added would be mainly
(only ?) useful for applications, so there is no sense to play
with the groups.
The structure should be described in some file found in CVS, in
PLD-Doc or in SPECS directory, it should also contain as many
translations as possible, and some descriptions of each category,
it has to be human-readable.
I think it would look like:
openoffice.org-writer:
(blabla, old %description)
Edit: odt, ott, sxw, doc, (try to list all)
Save: odt, ott, sxw, doc, pdf, (try to list all)
gqview:
Open: bmp, png, jpeg (try to list all)
mplayer:
Open: avi, mpeg, wmv, mp3, ac3 (try to list all)
mencoder:
Convert: avi, mpeg, wmv, dvd, vcd
Save: avi, mpeg
In some cases additional, optional plugins would be required to get some
funcionality, that funcionality should be listed in main package anyway,
but in parentesis plugin name should be specified.
ImageMagick (convert):
Convert: png (coder-png), jpeg (coder-jpeg), (...)
Save: png (coder-png), jpeg (coder-jpeg), (...)
Other things than file manipulation:
quake3:
Game: fps; network
tremulous:
Game: fps, strategy; multiplayer-only, network
wesnoth:
Game: strategy; turn-based; network, hot-chair
My initial proposal of categories, it must be discussed, extended,
and made easy to understand (human readable):
[file types]
[graphics]
png - portable network graphics
jpeg
bmp
xcf - gimp file
[audio]
mp3
ogg vorbis
ac3
[video]
ogg - theora + (optionally) vorbis
avi - (should be split to divx, and others)
mpeg
[office]
odt - OpenDocument
ott - OpenDocument template
sxw - star/open office writer file
doc - m$ file
pdf
...
[categories]
Edit, [ca] Edita, [es] Edita, [pl] Edytuje:
(application is able to open file for editing and
manipulation)
keywords:
(file types)
Convert, [ca] Convertix, [es] Convierte, [pl] Konvertuje:
(able to open file for saving it as annother file type)
keywords:
(file types)
Open, [ca] Obri, [es] Abre, [pl] Otwiera:
(application is able to open file for displaying
or reproduction)
keywords:
(file types)
Save, [ca] Desa, [es] Guarda, [pl] Zapisuje:
(able to asve to that file type after manipulation
or when converting)
keywords:
(file types)
Game, [ca] Joc, [es] Juego, [pl] Gra:
(application is a game with following specifications)
keywords:
fps - first-person shooter
rpg - role-playing game
straregy, [ca] estrategia, [es] estrategia,
[pl] strategia
cards, [ca] cartes, [es] cartas, [pl] karty
(...)
turn-based
- turn based, if not specified it is real-time
- cards implies turn-based, no need to specify
multiplayer-only
- there is no possibility for single game
network, [ca] xarxa, [es] red, [pl] siec
- network multiplayer game
split-screen
- each player has it's own part of the screen
same-screen
- both players are visible on the same screen
hot-chair
- available in turn based games, player should
not know what the other is doing, if they are
allowed to see use "same-screen" (tictactoe?)
OK, that is only the proposal. Needs discussion. Similar categories
must be developed for other kinds of applications.
So, what do you think ?
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