[Debtags-commits] [svn] r1345 - vocabulary/trunk

[Thaddeus H. Black]

Author: thb-guest
Date: Wed Sep  7 12:47:09 2005
New Revision: 1345

Modified:
   vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages
Log:
Updated role::sw to include the revised group of tags
role::sw{utility,daemon,application,amusement}, pursuant to the list
thread leading to
[http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debtags-devel/2005-September/000793.html].


Modified: vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages
==============================================================================
--- vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages	(original)
+++ vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages	Wed Sep  7 12:47:09 2005
@@ -1037,18 +1037,38 @@
 Nature: personality
 Description: Role of the package in the system
 
+Tag: role::sw:amusement
+Description: (Software) Games, toys and trivial amusements
+ Note: packages will not usually get multiple tags out of the set
+ role::sw:{utility,daemon,application,amusement}.
+
 Tag: role::sw:application
-Description: (Software) Applications
- A program that provides the user with tools to accomplish a task.
+Description: (Software) Applications and interactive, featureful software
+ Glossy, powerful, user-friendly software.  Programs too complex,
+ unfocused or featureful (as perl or the autotools) to be called
+ utilities.  Programs whose normal interface is interactive or
+ nonminimalistic (as less, mc, aptitude, mozilla or top).  Configuration
+ scripts (as the kernel's or base-config) whose only normal mode is a
+ series of questions and answers.  Tools which transform data in
+ intricate, adaptive or highly nonobvious ways (as latex or gcc).
+ Programs which are used standalone, and not in some processing chain.
  .
- Real programs to enter new data, edit documents, paint pictures from
- scratch.  Not small utilities to merely convert files or do small
- modifications.
+ Packages will not usually get multiple tags out of the set
+ role::sw:{utility,daemon,application,amusement}.
 
 Tag: role::sw:client
 Description: (Software) Client applications
  Also clients for local daemons
 
+Tag: role::sw:daemon
+Description: (Software) Daemons and other background programs
+ Daemons and daemon-like programs, including tools run regularly (by
+ cron) without user intervention.  Also, programs typically invoked
+ automatically in response to network events.
+ .
+ Packages will not usually get multiple tags out of the set
+ role::sw:{utility,daemon,application,amusement}.
+
 Tag: role::sw:devel-lib
 Description: (Software) Development libraries
 
@@ -1066,11 +1086,26 @@
 Description: (Software) Source code
 
 Tag: role::sw:utility
-Description: (Software) Utilities
- A program designed for general support of the processes of a computer.
+Description: (Software) Utilities and small, non-interactive tools
+ Utilities and tools normally run non-interactively, which (for example)
  .
- Applications which are useful to attain a goal, but which are not
- the specific application to use to solve that goal
+  * report the state of the system in some respect (as find);
+  * automate a well defined task (as cp or dpkg-reconfigure);
+  * filter a stream of text or data (as sed);
+  * display data in a simple, non-interactive way (as xloadimage); or
+  * fetch and/or put data by a specific protocol (as rsync),
+    implement a basic client to such a protocol (as ssh), or
+    talk to a daemon.
+ .
+ Also, basic tools which provide generic front ends with bare
+ interfaces (as bash, xterm or login); bare, basic, scriptable,
+ command-line-oriented administration and configuration tools (as dpkg
+ or apt-get); minimalistic dockapps (as wmclock) and other simple X
+ tools (as 9menu); primitive line-oriented tools (as more or ed)
+ controllable by stdin; and other small tools in the utility spirit.
+ .
+ Packages will not usually get multiple tags out of the set
+ role::sw:{utility,daemon,application,amusement}.
 
 Tag: role::content:doc
 Description: (Content) Documentation
@@ -1858,3 +1893,4 @@
 
 Tag: vi
 Description: VI editor
+