On Thu 02 Sep 2010 03:48 +0200, Stefan Husmann wrote:
Am 01.09.2010 20:08, schrieb PyroPeter:
Hello subscribers,
imo its hard to decide which category to use for some packages.
E.g. a browser: Should it be categorized as "network" or "x11"?
Is there a exact definition of these categorys somewhere? If not, one should be written.
AFAIK not. The categories aare for better searching in AUR only, they have no technical reason in pacman. therefore the issue seems not important enough for someone writing an exact definitions document.
Well, categories are a legacy structure from the old ABS system. They were removed and the idea of a better categorisation system has been flirted with. Here's a relevant feature request. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7132