Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-16 Thread Luca Barbato
On 07/14/2013 07:47 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: On 14/07/2013 18:42, Peter Stuge wrote: I bet you a tasty beverage that it will grow over time! :) I don't believe in the future until I can see it. I'm pretty sure that's the same thing that they said about app-antivirus at some point (can

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-15 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 17:26 Sun 14 Jul , Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: I would object... 10 games are wa too few for a new category and especially pkg moves.. I wrote a script years ago to make recommendations for this. I just updated it to do things a little smarter. It bases its suggestions on

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
I would object... 10 games are wa too few for a new category and especially pkg moves..

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread hasufell
On 07/14/2013 06:26 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: I would object... 10 games are wa too few for a new category and especially pkg moves.. 1 app-antivirus/ 3 net-zope/ 5 x11-base/ 7 gpe-utils/ 8 app-officeext/ 11 net-voip/ 12 games-kids/ 12

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
And? Two wrongs don't make a right. And I've said the same for any other proposed category like that.

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Stuge
Diego, hasufell wrote: I would object... 10 games are wa too few for a new category and especially pkg moves.. 1 app-antivirus/ 3 net-zope/ 5 x11-base/ 7 gpe-utils/ 8 app-officeext/ 11net-voip/ 12games-kids/ 12gnustep-libs/ 13mail-mta/ 13

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò flamee...@flameeyes.eu wrote: And? Two wrongs don't make a right. And I've said the same for any other proposed category like that. I agree that precedence alone isn't really a good basis for this. I don't really have concerns with the

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Matt Turner
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Diego, hasufell wrote: I would object... 10 games are wa too few for a new category and especially pkg moves.. 1 app-antivirus/ 3 net-zope/ 5 x11-base/ 7 gpe-utils/ 8 app-officeext/ 11

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Ulrich Mueller
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, hasufell wrote: On 07/14/2013 06:26 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: I would object... 10 games are wa too few for a new category and especially pkg moves.. 1 app-antivirus/ 3 net-zope/ 5 x11-base/ 7 gpe-utils/ 8 app-officeext/ 11net-voip/

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Stuge
Rich Freeman wrote: Just what do wumpus (talk about a blast from the past), a game in the spirit of nethack, and a Leisure Suit Larry spinoff have in common? I'd say it's that they focus on exploration. I imagine most games have some kind of adventure sense to them. Puzzles and 52-card

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 14/07/2013 18:26, Peter Stuge wrote: I don't think anyone can dispute that there exists a genre called adventure games.. How comes scummvm is not in the list then? Just saying. Seriously, a category for 10 games is *not* a good idea. There is at least one (scummvm) who could fit there. Not

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Stuge
Matt Turner wrote: And? Two wrongs don't make a right. What do you mean by And? - it doesn't make much sense as a reply. :\ He means that none of those provide justification. It seemed that the main argument was that there are too few packages and then then I do think that other

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò flamee...@flameeyes.eu wrote: On 14/07/2013 18:26, Peter Stuge wrote: I don't think anyone can dispute that there exists a genre called adventure games.. How comes scummvm is not in the list then? Just saying. Seriously, a category for 10

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Damien Levac
As a user, I have always wondered what was the rational for the current game categories and thought it should splitted in a more standard way. What immediately comes to mind as a decent way to split games is the wikipedia page for video game genres: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_genres

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Matt Turner wrote: And? Two wrongs don't make a right. What do you mean by And? - it doesn't make much sense as a reply. :\ He means that none of those provide justification. It seemed that the main argument was that

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread hasufell
On 07/14/2013 07:29 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: On 14/07/2013 18:26, Peter Stuge wrote: I don't think anyone can dispute that there exists a genre called adventure games.. How comes scummvm is not in the list then? Just saying. Because it's an engine. Scummvm games are already in the

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Stuge
Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: I don't think anyone can dispute that there exists a genre called adventure games.. How comes scummvm is not in the list then? Just saying. Yep, it could also be included! OTOH the VM itself isn't technically a game. Seriously, a category for 10 games is *not*

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 14/07/2013 18:42, Peter Stuge wrote: I bet you a tasty beverage that it will grow over time! :) I don't believe in the future until I can see it. I'm pretty sure that's the same thing that they said about app-antivirus at some point (can somebody _kill_ that category please?!) So your

Re: [gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Stuge
Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: I bet you a tasty beverage that it will grow over time! :) I don't believe in the future until I can see it. Huh - what does that mean? Obviously neither of us can say with certainty what will happen in the future and that's also not the point - making a friendly

[gentoo-dev] new category: games-adventure/

2013-07-13 Thread hasufell
move: 1. games-rpg/bass 2. games-rpg/drascula 3. games-rpg/lure 4. games-rpg/queen 5. games-rpg/penumbra-collection 6. games-puzzle/larry 7. games-rpg/egoboo 8. games-misc/wumpus 9. games-action/swordandsworcery 10. games-action/solar2 any objections? Will commit in 1 week if no one replies.