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[Thomas Houssin <thomas.houssin AT gmail.com>]

> Things I wasn't sure about from their description:
> 
> -doodle
> -rsbep
> (Both perhaps go in "shell-script-utils", but there may be a more
appropriate
> place.)
> 
> =========================
> 
> New sections for the things currently in "utils" and "shell-term-fm":
> 
> boot: bootloaders and boot disk/image configurators
> -grub*
> -lilo*
> -mknbi
> -syslinux
> -yard
> *These are in "disk" now, which doesn't make a lot of sense IMO; the
others
> were in "utils", so I'm suggesting a new "boot" section for all them.
> Otherwise they all belong in "disk".
> 
> shells: login shells and their base configs
> -bash
> -bash-completion
> -bashish
> -pdksh
> -sash
> -tcsh
> -zsh
> 
> shell-[script-]utils: things which are intended to be used in
pipelines/shell
> scripts
> -busybox
> -coreutils
> -dialog
> -file
> -file-rename-utils
> -fileutils
> -findutils
> -grep
> -lockexec
> -mktemp
> -rl
> -rlwrap
> -sh-utils
> -sloth
> -textutils
> -watchfile
> 
> [shell-]admin-utils: additional interactive/filtering tools which
system
> administrators and shell users use in daily administration and
operation
> -acctail
> -acoc
> -aide
> -ascii
> -atop
> -atsar
> -ccze
> -chkrootkit
> -cwrapper
> -dstat
> -htop
> -less
> -lsof
> -ltt
> -most
> -procinfo
> -procps
> -psmisc
> -sudo
> -time
> -tree
> -util-linux
> -vlock
> -which
> 
> shell-apps: things which run in a shell and are unrelated to generic
scripts
> and systems administration (productivity apps, niche shell utils,
etc.)
> -barcode
> -boxes
> -devtodo
> -dvorakng
> -figlet
> -lxsplit
> -gcal
> -gnuplot
> -hd2u
> -hnb
> -ledger
> -nilsimsa
> -remind
> -upn
> 
> shell-eyecandy: things which do nothing useful, but display something
pretty on
> the console
> -cmatrix
> -linux_logo
> These can probably go in "shell-apps" but they do something
fundamentally
> different, if we don't mind a section with only 2 apps (for now).
> 
> console: things which modify/configure the behaviour of the console
> -855resolution
> -console-data
> -console-tools
> -fbset
> -screen*
> -splitvt*
> -zhcon
> *These are debatable; maybe they should be in "shell-admin-utils", but
they are
> mostly meant to modify the display and then just be there, they aren't
really
> "interactive".
> 
> hardware-[base-]utils: things which allow querying/configuring/tuning
bios and
> base system hardware
> -athcool
> -dmidecode
> -hddtemp
> -hwdata
> -lshw
> -modutils
> -pciutils
> -powertweak
> -setserial
> -x86info
> -xmbmon
> 
> [hardware-]peripheral-utils: things which allow
querying/configuring/using
> various peripherals
> -bluez-utils
> -bottlerocket
> -dmx4linux
> -heyu
> -heyu2
> -lcdproc
> -usbutils
> 
> hardware-test: things which allow base system hardware
testing/benchmarking
> -bonnie++
> -memtest86
> -nbench-byte
> -smartmontools
> 
> emulators: system emulators
> -bochs
> -bochs-snapshot
> -hercules
> -xen
> 
> [x11-]terms: terminal emulators
> -aterm
> -mrxvt
> -rxvt
> -rxvt-unicode
> -wterm
> -x3270
> -multi-aterm
> -multi-gnome-terminal
> -powershell
> 
> fm: file managers
> -claw
> -fm
> -mc
> -dfm
> -emelfm
> -emelfm2
> -endeavour2
> -gentoo
> -gnome-commander
> -kcommander3
> -krusader
> -rox
> -viewglob
> -worker
> -xfe
> -xfm
> -xfsm
> -xnc
> 
> system: core system infrastructure (system daemons, or base config
files
> expected to just be there by many parts of a running system); more of
these are
> split out below for things that belong in this category but have a lot
of
> similar spells already
> -acpid
> -at
> -daemon
> -dbus*
> -fam
> -gamin
> -gpm
> -hal
> -installwatch
> -kbd
> -kudzu
> -ntp
> -qlogin
> -rdate
> -shared-mime-info
> -supervise-scripts
> -sysvinit
> -uptimed
> -watchdog
> *dbus is the DCOP system, which does the same thing ORBit does; ORBit
is in
> "gnome-libs" right now but has no GNOME dependencies; I suggest moving
ORBit to
> this "system" section as well (assuming it is created).  If not, dbus
should go
> to "kde" for consistency.
> 
> system-auth: things related to system authentication and authorization
(pam,
> shadow, etc.)
> -Linux-PAM
> -linux-pam
> -linux-pam-headers
> -nss_ldap
> -pam_chroot
> -pam_ldap
> -pam_mysql
> -pam_passwdqc
> -shadow
> 
> system-cron: cron daemons and configs
> -cron-smgl
> -fcron
> -fcrontabs
> -hc-cron
> -hc-crontabs
> -mcron
> -run-parts
> 
> system-syslog: sysloggers and log rotaters
> -metalog
> -rottlog
> -sysklogd
> -syslog-ng
> 
> =========================
> 
> Things currently in "utils" which belong in other existing sections,
based on
> their descriptions:
> 
> archive
> -stow*
> *This is debatable, but this is where alien and rpm are now.  Do we
need some
> kind of "package-managers" section?
> 
> database
> -cdb
> 
> devel
> -autogen
> -compilercache
> -xdelta*
> *Debatable, but this is where diffutils is.
> 
> ftp
> -unison*
> *Debatable, but this is where rsync is.
> 
> graphics
> -tgif
> 
> smgl
> -default-profile
> -useful-profile
> 
> x11*
> -clarence
> -desktop-file-utils+
> -ghasher
> -gps
> -hot-babe
> -pyxdg+
> -rdesktop
> -usbview
> *As far as I can tell the "x11" section is the catchall for X apps. 
If we
> create the suggested "shell-utils", "shell-apps", etc. sections, I'd
suggest
> reworking this section as well for "x11-utils", "x11-apps", etc.
> +These two aren't graphical themselves but pertain to graphical
desktop setup,
> perhaps we need a "desktop" or "x11-desktop" section?
> 
> z-?
> -nvparse*
> *License is "UNKNOWN".

Everbody seemed to like Jeremy's new sections, so can we begin to apply
these changes in devel ?

-- 
Thomas Houssin


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