Re: Packages in section python/perl simply because implemented in python/perl

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:54:52AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > (NOTE: Am I the only one who thinks descriptions, especially short > > descriptions as in phenny, usually shouldn't tell what language was > > used to implement the program? It's just not relevant to the user.) > > I mostly agree

Re: Packages in section python/perl simply because implemented in python/perl

2008-05-24 Thread Steve Greenland
> (NOTE: Am I the only one who thinks descriptions, especially short > descriptions as in phenny, usually shouldn't tell what language was > used to implement the program? It's just not relevant to the user.) I mostly agree with this. The exception would be development tools and libraries, where t

Re: Packages in section python/perl simply because implemented in python/perl

2008-05-24 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe schrieb: On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Sami Liedes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (NOTE: Am I the only one who thinks descriptions, especially short descriptions as in phenny, usually shouldn't tell what language was used to implement the program? It's just not relevant t

Re: Packages in section python/perl simply because implemented in python/perl

2008-05-24 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Sami Liedes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (NOTE: Am I the only one who thinks descriptions, especially short > descriptions as in phenny, usually shouldn't tell what language was > used to implement the program? It's just not relevant to the user.) Me agrees. Looks

Packages in section python/perl simply because implemented in python/perl

2008-05-24 Thread Sami Liedes
Hi, While browsing packages in aptitude, I ran into some packages that, to me, seem to be in the wrong section (or at least it's not obvious why they are in the section they are). Section: python seems to be especially bad, I wonder if the rationale was just "it was written in Python". These all a