Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Hi,
With every upload of emacs-goodies-el, I receive this message: > debian-el_31.7_all.deb: package says section is utils, override says lisp. > devscripts-el_31.7_all.deb: package says section is editors, override says > lisp. > dpkg-dev-el_31.7_all.deb: package says section is utils, override says lisp. > emacs-goodies-el_31.7_all.deb: package says section is editors, override says > lisp. > gnus-bonus-el_31.7_all.deb: package says section is news, override says lisp. > vm-bonus-el_31.7_all.deb: package says section is mail, override says lisp. > > > Please note that a list of new sections were recently added to the > archive: cli-mono, database, debug, fonts, gnu-r, gnustep, haskell, > httpd, java, kernel, lisp, localization, ocaml, php, ruby, vcs, video, > xfce, zope. At this time a script was used to reclassify packages into > these sections. If this is the case, please only reply to this email if > the new section is inappropriate, otherwise please update your package > at the next upload. With all due respect, the section "lisp" is meaningless to users. The "-el" package name suffix tells the users that these are Emacs add-ons, but having lisp as a section is similar to having a section called "C" and putting all programs written in C in that section. You wouldn't do that because users don't care what language the code is written in in order to use the code. So why do it for elisp? If the point is showing that the packages in that section are Emacs add-ons, then why not use the name "Emacs" instead? Thanks, Peter -- Peter S. Galbraith, Debian Developer <[email protected]> http://people.debian.org/~psg GPG key 1024/D2A913A1 - 97CE 866F F579 96EE 6E68 8170 35FF 799E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
