Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-14 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:57:42PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > Seems to me there's still a gaping hole in policy though. Is > > > packages.debian.org really supposed to be the definitive arbiter of policy > > > with regards to sections? The grep-available trick is obscure enough to > > > no

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:32:23PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:54:45PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Seems to me there's still a gaping hole in policy though. Is > > packages.debian.org really supposed to be the definitive arbiter of policy > > with regards to sections?

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-13 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20010313T203223+0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Well, none of these are the canonical source, they just read data from it -- > the override file, see the /indices/override.* files on every mirror. Actually, the canonical source is Katie's database. Even the override files are nowadays generated fro

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-13 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:54:45PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > Seems to me there's still a gaping hole in policy though. Is > packages.debian.org really supposed to be the definitive arbiter of policy > with regards to sections? The grep-available trick is obscure enough to not > count. Shouldn

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:54:45PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > Seems to me there's still a gaping hole in policy though. Is > packages.debian.org really supposed to be the definitive arbiter of policy > with regards to sections? The grep-available trick is obscure enough to not > count. Shouldn

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 07:03:51PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > > I'm packaging viewmol, a program for visualising molecules, used in > > > computational chemistry. > > > > > > The question arises, what subsection should it be put into? > > > A comparable program, rasmol, is already in debian,

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-12 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:02:28PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > I'm packaging viewmol, a program for visualising molecules, used in > > > computational chemistry. > > > > > > The question arises, what subsection should it be put into? > > > A comparable program, rasmol, is already in debi

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:20:31PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > I'm packaging viewmol, a program for visualising molecules, used in > > computational chemistry. > > > > The question arises, what subsection should it be put into? > > A comparable program, rasmol, is already

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:20:31PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > I'm packaging viewmol, a program for visualising molecules, used in > computational chemistry. > > The question arises, what subsection should it be put into? > A comparable program, rasmol, is already in debian, in the math subsectio

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Egon Willighagen
Op zondag 11 maart 2001 07:20, schreef Drew Parsons: > I therefore wonder if it would not be more appropriate to call this > subsection "science" rather than "math" ? I agree. That would make sense. /Me is also a chemist, and noticed this before. I think science/math and science/social etc would b

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Brian Russo
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 11:36:21PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Don't forget that you can have subsections (eg science/math, > science/biology). This is already used for non-US/{contrib,non-free}; why > not use it for things like this? Wasn't aware of that. btw its not necessary to quote my

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Don't forget that you can have subsections (eg science/math, science/biology). This is already used for non-US/{contrib,non-free}; why not use it for things like this? Regards, Alex. On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Brian Russo wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:20:31PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > The

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Brian Russo
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:20:31PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > The question arises, what subsection should it be put into? > A comparable program, rasmol, is already in debian, in the math subsection. > But computational chemistry is not, strictly speaking, mathematics (it > can be considered a su

the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Drew Parsons
I'm packaging viewmol, a program for visualising molecules, used in computational chemistry. The question arises, what subsection should it be put into? A comparable program, rasmol, is already in debian, in the math subsection. But computational chemistry is not, strictly speaking, mathematics (i