[Debtags-devel] Proposed Debtags goals for Etch

[Thaddeus H. Black]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 06:55:55PM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 11:10:45PM +0000, Thaddeus H. Black wrote:
> 
> > >   works-with::audio-wav - Wave uncompressed audio format
> > >   works-with::bugs - Software bugs or other issues
> > Please clarify works-with::bugs.  Does it mean, "understands standard
> > DWARF compiled-object-embedded debugging symbols?"  If so, somehow this
> > does not feel right.  DWARF is not a mere file format.  It is something
> > deeper than this.  It is the proper companion to ELF.
> 
> No, it's rather for issues, to be used for bug tracking systems and
> other issue trackers.  Maybe 'works-with::issues' would be better?

I see.  The original tag "works-with::bugs" is fine, as is.

> [...]

> > >   works-with::file - Any file
> > But cat(1) works with any file.  Is this tag needed?
> 
> Sure: there are lots of packages that apply.  find, gnome-find and the
> like; file managers; diff and patch tools; virus scanners; ftp and other
> file transfer utilities...  try running "debtags grep works-with::file"
> to have a look.

Okay.  Clear.

> > >   works-with::font - Fonts
> > Subdivide into bitmap (like x11) and vector (like postscript type-1) fonts.
> 
> Interesting.  I don't see it very useful for works-with, but rather for
> made-of.  Is everyone ok if I add:
> 
> Tag: made-of::data-font
> Tag: made-of::data-font-bitmap
> Tag: made-of::data-font-vector
> 
> ?

Good plan.

> [...]

Thank you for clarifying the several other points, too.
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