On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 14:14 +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 14:00 +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > > Gergely Nagy wrote: > > > Then media players are just fine in graphics or sound, depending on > > > which is their main focus (or they could even be in gnome or kde, or > > > whatever). > > > > Please see it from a user's point of view. If one wants a media player > > why should (s)he look in "gnome" or "kde"? And I personally would not > > expect it in graphics either. In fact some players are currently in the > > section of their corresponding desktop environment. > > > > But following your statement all media players should go into "sound", > > as they play sound files and movies (which also have a sound track in them). > > I am looking from a users point of view. If I'm looking for a console > based ogg player, the last section I'd check is multimedia.
That's the first place I'd look, since "sound" is an integral component of "multimedia". > That belongs > to sound, in my opinion. So do the various trackers and drum machines. > You can't just rename sound, and move the media players from other > sections there. > > You can't satisfy all users if one package can be only in one section, I > believe. Eg, I'd expect Totem to be in Gnome, Multimedia, Sound and > Graphics. Not any single one of those, but all of them. You are right. Packages should be able to be in multiple sections. > If you want to change something, make it right, and don't replace > something inflexible with another inflexible half-solution, but aim for > a better one, I'd say. > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." Mahatma Gandhi
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