Re: Selecting packages from thousands

1999-07-25 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ian> The next question to ask ourselves is: who decides on these Ian> categories and who decides on which packages are in them ? Ian> Clearly the categories need to be decided on centrally, so Ian> their descriptions can be specified c

Re: Selecting packages from thousands

1999-07-25 Thread Raul Miller
Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I submit that the desired user interface is that the user is offered > (by defautlt) a set of `categories' or `keywords' or whatever, > something like > > Standard internet protocol clients. > Software development tools. > > and gets to choose whether

Selecting packages from thousands

1999-07-25 Thread Ian Jackson
I've seen a couple of suggestions about the general problem that we have too many packages and the users can't be expected to decide about them all. I think we need to decide what the desired user interface is, and then how to implement it. I submit that the desired user interface is that the use