Re: Feature suggestion re package metadata
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017, Mark Summerfield wrote: > ISTM that subcategories or some other finer-grained classification > would be a real help. You're probably looking for debtags. For example, if I wanted something with a shell interface which was implemented in C++: aptitude search '?tag(implemented-in::c++)?tag(interface::shell)' or axi-cache search package implemented-in::c++ interface::shell; for example. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Grimble left his mother in the food store and went to the launderette and watched the clothes go round. It was a bit like color television only with less plot. -- Clement Freud _Grimble_
Re: Feature suggestion re package metadata
On Sun 29 Oct 2017 at 18:51:48 +, Mark Summerfield wrote: > When I first started using Debian, it had a little over 1000 packages. > Today, it has over 51000. Yet there are very few categories, so while > searching is quite easy, browsing is often no longer practical. For > example, there are around 600 packages classified under 'Python > Programming Language', over 500 under 'Documentation', and over 1000 > under 'Development'. ISTM that subcategories or some other > finer-grained classification would be a real help. > > Best wishes, ISTM? To you it could be obvious. How about a detailed plan and a bug submission? -- Brian.
Feature suggestion re package metadata
When I first started using Debian, it had a little over 1000 packages. Today, it has over 51000. Yet there are very few categories, so while searching is quite easy, browsing is often no longer practical. For example, there are around 600 packages classified under 'Python Programming Language', over 500 under 'Documentation', and over 1000 under 'Development'. ISTM that subcategories or some other finer-grained classification would be a real help. Best wishes, -- Mark Summerfield
