Re: [gtk-list] Re: ANNOUNCE: gtk+ repository updated/revised

["Shawn T. Amundson" <amundson gimp org>]

On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Sergei O. Naoumov wrote:

> 
> > 
> > I find the repository somewhat hard to navigate.  I think it
> > would be useful if when you click on browse you are presented
> > with application categories.  When you click on a category you
> 
> I would agree with that. But the number of applications is not large
> (yet, hopefully), and it is not really clear for me what groups
> should I make. Very general ones? network, games, misc?

A good example of what I'm thinking of is:

http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml

I don't think the categories are perfect, but the site is an
example of what I'm thinking of.

> 
> > The ID is useless information and should not be shown ever.  Maintainer
> > and originial author, although important, are not what the user 
> > will be looking for when browsing the database and as such should
> > not be shown in the list, but on the app page instead.
> 
> Well, may be, may be not. I could move those to the code part...
> 
> > Changes should be a free-for-all, but should be reviewed before
> > they are actually made.  
> 
> I was trying to make this thing as autonomous as possible. :-)

Make it configurable so if no one is helping you out you can
let things pass through.  

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