Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section

2006-05-15 Thread Linas Žvirblis
I actually find splitting "Science" a good idea. I did a little research and came up with this list of possible subsections, along with example fields they cover: Astronomy * Astrodynamics * Astronomy * Astrophysics * Cosmology * Radio astronomy Biology * Anatomy * Bioinformatics * Botan

Re: Bug#361418: Moving the NCBI programs in a subsection of Applications/Science

2006-05-15 Thread Linas Žvirblis
Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Would "Tools from NCBI" be any better? No, it too long, and it still does not explain what NCBI is. That said, I do not think that there is anything wrong with calling it "NCBI" (or maybe "NCBI tools"). As much as a biologist cannot be expected to know what GDB and SVN are,

Re: Bug#361418: Moving the NCBI programs in a subsection of Applications/Science

2006-05-15 Thread David Nusinow
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 04:34:54PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Le Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane a ?crit : > [...] > >> It means at least one person on the machine knows. The other users > >> will see a cryptic "NCBI" an

Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section

2006-05-15 Thread Thomas Walter
Hello, On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 01:25, Daniel Leidert wrote: [snip] > > Ok. Let's say, the main function/job/role makes the difference, so only > applications which are real teaching programs (like e.g. tools to teach > langauges or the PSE like kalzium or gperiodic) have to go into > Education. A

Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section

2006-05-15 Thread Thomas Walter
Hello, On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 19:20, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:20:25PM +0200, Thomas Walter wrote: [snip] > > > In general, my understanding of "Science" is in the sense of research > > and not education. > > Thus an example breakdown within Sience could be like > >

Re: Bug#361418: Moving the NCBI programs in a subsection of Applications/Science

2006-05-15 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane a écrit : [...] >> It means at least one person on the machine knows. The other users >> will see a cryptic "NCBI" and think "WTF is that?". Would "Tools from NCBI" be any better? > One solu

Re: Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-05-15 Thread Frank Küster
Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 12:10:36AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > >> My reasonning was that if people install the packages ncbi-tools-*, >> they necessarly know what the NCBI is. > > It means at least one person on the machine knows. The other users