Michael Tautschnig <m...@debian.org> writes: > Seeing that the change of sections could pose some technical problems > (not only challenges implementing them) as well, let me ask one > (possibly stupid) question: Why do we need sections at all? > > All that policy states is that it simplifies some handling of packages.
Off the top of my head: They section the display of packages in utilities like aptitude, which I for one find extremely useful. They let you easily perform bulk operations on related packages, like marking all libraries as autoinstalled or removing all debug packages. They let you find the set of available add-ons for a given programming language easily in both searches and browsing when you're looking for something in particular. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
