13 Oct
2007
13 Oct
'07
8:24 a.m.
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 08:47:10PM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
repo than extra- the only difference is who can place packages there. The community has always filled a great role as having some of the more niche packages, and most science stuff belongs in this category.
plotutils is an official GNU project. I wouldn't call it a niche package. I personally use it and I'm glad that damir maintains it now ;-) In my opinion most of the games are niche packages: What's niche is just a matter of taste. I think having up2date technical/scientific packages in the official repositories makes archlinux attractive for technical users (the primary audience of archlinux). Jürgen