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

2006-05-16 Thread Ben Burton
> I added another section named "Analysis", that contains general data > analysis/plotting/calculation applications. I find them very similar to > what is found in "Math", so I consider moving "Mathematics" to "Science" > a good idea. Again: we see that scientists make heavy use of mathematics,

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

2006-05-16 Thread Linas Žvirblis
I went on and made a list of applications that are currently found in "Science" [science] and another one with these applications roughly sorted into sections [science_sorted]. The short version: Analysis [10] Astronomy [12] Biology [16] Chemistry [11] Geoscience [5] Medicine [1] Physics [

debian-policy 3.7.2.0 MIGRATED to testing

2006-05-16 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the debian-policy source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 3.6.2.2 Current version: 3.7.2.0 -- This email is automatically generated; [EMAIL PROTECTED] is responsible. See http://people.debian.org/~henning/trille/ for more information

Bug#65577: want to meet?

2006-05-16 Thread Benny
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Bug#367531: debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms

2006-05-16 Thread Frank Küster
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.0 Severity: minor In section 10.4, the current Policy is inconsistent. It says: , | The standard shell interpreter /bin/sh can be a symbolic link to any | POSIX compatible shell, if echo -n does not generate a newline.[59] | Thus, shell scripts specifyin

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

2006-05-16 Thread Linas Žvirblis
Frank Küster wrote: > That's a nice exercise, but the interesting question is whether we > actually have enough *packages* so that their creation makes sense. Quite frankly, I do not (yet) know if there is a need for each subsection I listed, but there is no reason for not being forward compatib

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

2006-05-16 Thread Frank Küster
Thomas Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 a

Re: [SPAM?]: Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section

2006-05-16 Thread Frank Küster
Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > *