[maemo-developers] Proposal for Diablo's authoritative list of package categories

[From: Ryan Abel]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Glen Ditchfield wrote:

> Ryan Abel wrote:
>> Key                English i18n   Examples
>> user/development   Programming    Py2Deb
>
> In the other 10 cases, the English string is the same as the tail  
> end of the
> key.  For consistency, could the English string in this case
> be "Development"?


Well, it's consistent with other desktop Linux distributions. I'm not  
particularly attached to either one, though. "Programming" does seem a  
bit clearer for non-technical folks. What is "development" real estate  
development? Development aid? New developments?


[1]http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/images/9/93/Debian-menu-xman.png
[2]http://michaelboman.org/wiki/images/3/3b/Ubuntu-Menu-Applications-Internet-Vodafone.png

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Ryan Abel
Maemo Community Council chair