[proposal] Simplified junior tags &
debtags-based replacement for metapackages
Ben Armstrong
synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca
Sat Apr 1 13:49:20 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 19:32 +0200, Benjamin Mesing wrote:
> > Justin B Rye wrote:
> > How about changing the debtags "suite::" facet to "project::" - it
> > works neatly for project::gnome, ::debian-med, etc.
> I think the potential for misunderstanding is quite low, and not
> critical. Thus I think we should stick with the existing solution here.
I agree. Besides, "project" is less precise than "suite". Projects
make suites. They can also make multiple suites. The project == suite
equivalance doesn't hold universally even though it is often the case
that single project can be responsible for a single suite. Furthermore,
projects can make things other than suites (single packages, or entire
OS distributions).
As for dak's use of "suite" to mean "testing", "stable", etc. I don't
see the clash. People don't get confused that there's a tuxpaint
project, a GNOME project and a Debian project. Neither should they be
confused that tuxpaint is in the Debian Jr. suite, which is looked after
by the Debian Jr. project, and which is also a part of the Debian
"testing" suite.
Ben Armstrong
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