Task:Package categories

2008-11-20T15:15:00Z

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This wiki page serves as a discussion page for improving the categorization system used for Maemo packages. Improvements here will be pushed to the [http://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf Maemo Packaging Policy] through [[Task:Packaging policy proposed changes]].

This proposal is coordinated by [[User:Xfade|Niels Breet]] and is part of the [[Extras_repository_process_definition|Extras repository process definition]].

== Problem ==

People feel the need to create new categories, because the current list is too limited.

Another problem is that some categories aren't very descriptive. What applications go in to tools, support or accessories?

== Maemo Packaging Policy ==

The current [http://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf Maemo Packaging Policy] lists the following sections:

* accessories
* communication
* games
* multimedia
* office
* other
* programming
* support
* themes
* tools

== New list for Diablo ==

This is the [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2008-October/035437.html final] list for Diablo:

{| class="wikitable"
! Key
! Example English i18n
! Example apps
|-
| user/desktop
| Desktop
| Home, statusbar and taskbar applets
|-
| user/development
| Programming
| py2deb
|-
| user/education
| Education
| Flashcard apps
|-
| user/games
| Games
| Doom, Duke Nukem 3D
|-
| user/graphics
| Graphics
| Photo apps, GIMP, Inkscape, fonts
|-
| user/multimedia
| Multimedia ''or'' Sound & Video
| Canola, mplayer, Kagu, UKMP, MediaBox
|-
| user/navigation
| (Location &) Navigation
| maemo-mapper, Navit
|-
| user/network
| Internet & Networking
| Web browsers, Samba clients, OpenAFS, Transmission
|-
| user/office
| Office
| GPE, Claws, AbiWord
|-
| user/science
| Science
| gnuplot, Octave
|-
| user/system
| System
| rotation-support, enhanced kernels, themes
|-
| user/utilities
| Utilities ''or'' Accessories
| Calculators, terminals, text editors
|-
|}

If the package's section starts "user/", but is not any of the above, the ''Application Manager'' forces them into an "Other" section.

== Future additions ==

The current proposed list is only for Diablo, future additions and changes will be considered for Fremantle.

=== Debtags ===

Debian Package Tags: Faceted Classification

As stated on the [http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/faceted.html debtags website]:

{{quotation|Drawing a bit freely from the literature of Faceted Classification, a facet is a group of tags which describe the same quality of a package. Package Tags are organized in Facets, that represent different points of view from which to look at the package archive. For example, you could have a "Usage" facet with tags about what a program is intended to be used for, or you could have a "Media" facet with tags about what kind of information a program is able to process, a "Technology" facet about the technology a package uses, and so on. With this approach, every tag is situated in a specific context, and has a clear meaning. Also, tags from different facets shed light on packages from different points of view, giving "depth" to its categorization. Take something tagged with "Use::Chatting", "Technology::IRC", "Role::Server": it has a remarkable level of detail, and tells almost everything we need to know about what the package does.}}

=== Application-specific subcategories ===

Within each of the top-level categories, projects may want to group a number of packages together. For this, sub-sections can be used. For example, Canola may have:

{| class="wikitable"
! Package
! Section
|-
| canola2
| user/multimedia/Canola
|-
| canola2-theme-flatblack
| user/multimedia/Canola/themes
|-
| canola2-youtube-plugin
| user/multimedia/Canola/plugins
|-
| canola-tuning
| user/multimedia/Canola/settings
|}

The rule is simple:
# If the portion of the section path starts with a capital letter, it is shown as-is
# Otherwise the portion of the section path must be one of the above sections or, additionally:
#* themes
#* plugins
#* translations

== Translations ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Key
! en_GB
! en_US
! es_MX
! nl_NL
! pt_BR
! no_NO
! fi_FI
! it_IT
! fr_CA
! da_DK
! pt_PT
! sv_SE
! fr_FR
! es_ES
! ru_RU
! de_DE
|-
| user/desktop
| Desktop
| Desktop
| Escritorio
| Bureaublad
| Área de Trabalho
|
| Työpöytä
| Desktop
| Bureau
| Skrivebord
|
| Skrivbord
| Bureau
| Escritorio
| Десктоп
| Desktop
|-
| user/development
| Programming
| Programming
| Programación
| Ontwikkeling
| Desenvolvimento
|
| Ohjelmointi
| Programmazione
| Programmation
| Programmering
|
| Programmering
| Programmation
| Programación
| Программирование
| Entwicklung
|-
| user/education
| Education
| Education
| Educación
| Educatief
| Educacional
|
| Opiskelu
| Educazione
| Éducation
| Undervisning
|
| Utbildning
| Éducation
| Educación
| Образование
| Bildung
|-
| user/games
| Games
| Games
| Juegos
| Spelletjes
| Jogos
|
| Pelit
| Giochi
| Jeux
| Spil
|
| Spel
| Jeux
| Juegos
| Игры
| Spiele
|-
| user/graphics
| Graphics
| Graphics
| Gráficos
| Grafisch
| Gráficos
|
| Grafiikka
| Grafica
| Graphismes
| Grafik
|
| Grafik
| Graphismes
| Gráficos
| Графика
| Grafik
|-
| user/multimedia
| Multimedia
| Multimedia
| Multimedia
| Multimedia
| Multimídia
|
| Multimedia
| Multimedia
| Multimédia
| Multimedier
|
| Multimedia
| Multimédia
| Multimedia
| Мультимедия
| Multimedia
|-
| user/navigation
| Location & Navigation
| Location & Navigation
| Localización y Navegación
| Locatie en Navigatie
| Posicionamento e Navegação
|
| Paikannus ja navigointi
| Posizione e Navigazione
| Localisation et Navigation
| Position og Navigation
|
| Position och Navigation
| Localisation et Navigation
| Localización y Navegación
| Позиционирование и Навигация
| Position & Navigation
|-
| user/network
| Internet & Networking
| Internet & Networking
| Internet y Redes
| Internet en Netwerk
| Internet e Redes
|
| Internet ja viestintä
| Internet e reti
| Internet et Réseaux
| Internet og netværk
|
| Internet och Nätverk
| Internet et Réseaux
| Internet y Redes
| Интернет и Сети
| Internet & Netzwerk
|-
| user/office
| Office
| Office
| Oficina
| Kantoor
| Escritório
|
| Toimisto
| Ufficio
| Bureautique
| Kontor
|
| Kontor
| Bureautique
| Oficina
| Оффис
| Büro
|-
| user/science
| Science
| Science
| Ciencia
| Wetenschap
| Ciência
|
| Tiede
| Scienza
| Science
| Videnskab
|
| Vetenskap
| Science
| Ciencia
| Наука
| Wissenschaft
|-
| user/system
| System
| System
| Sistema
| Systeem
| Sistema
|
| Järjestelmä
| Sistema
| Système
| System
|
| System
| Système
| Sistema
| Система
| System
|-
| user/utilities
| Utilities
| Utilities
| Utilitarios
| Gereedschappen
| Utilitários
|
| Apuohjelmat
| Utilità
| Utilitaires
| Værktøjer
|
| Verktyg
| Utilitaires
| Utilidades
| Утилиты
| Werkzeuge
|-
|}
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== Reference ==

=== freedesktop.org ===

The basic, rationalised, set of high-level sections according to the [http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html freedesktop.org menu specification] are: ''Accessories, Development, Education, Game, Graphics, Multimedia, Network, Office, Settings, System''.

=== Debian ===

The Debian archive maintainers [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections provide] the authoritative list of sections. At present, they are: ''admin, comm, devel, doc, editors, electronics, embedded, games, gnome, graphics, hamradio, interpreters, kde, libs, libdevel, mail, math, misc, net, news, oldlibs, otherosfs, perl, python, science, shells, sound, tex, text, utils, web, x11.''

=== Previous discussions ===

* [http://communitizer.blogspot.com/2008/04/rfc-maemo-package-guidelines-mandatory.html Communitizer blog]
* [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2008-April/033093.html Mandatory categories discussion]

=== Bugs ===

{{#bugzilla:id=1805
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