[Slackbuilds-users] suggestion for a new category for fonts

David Chmelik davidnchmelik at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 07:32:29 UTC 2024


On 3/19/24 11:32 PM, Lockywolf wrote:
> KB_SBo <sbo at linuxgalaxy.org> writes:
> On 3/19/24 11:31, Qun-Ying wrote:
>>> [...] Currently fonts are put under category system, they mix with other
>>> system tools. Would it be better to have a separate category (fonts)
>>> for them?
>> +1 for fonts as its own category
>>
>> -kb [...]
> +1 for fonts as its own category, and, if possible, please, one more
> category for "slackware-specific" stuffs, such as:
>
> 1. slackrepo
> 2. slackrepo-hints
> 3. sbotools
> 4. sbo-create
> 5. sbo-maintainer-tools
> 6. sbotools
> 7. sboui
> 8. slpkg
> 9. listpkg
> 10. gnome-pkgtool
> 11. findpkg
> 12. slack-osquery
> 13. slack-utils
> 14. slackchlog
> 15. slackroll
> 16. slackupdr
> 17. slackware-grub2-theme
> 18. slackyd
> 19. slack-wallpapers
> 20. slackware-xdg-menu
> 21. slackware-xdm-theme
> 22. xdm-slackware-theme
> 23. fortune-slackware
> 24. perl-CPANPLUS-Dist-Slackware
> 25. python2-slacklog
>
> This is comparable to the size of, say accessibility/
>
> nowadays those packages are scattered over many categories, not just
> system/, and system/ has a lot of packages, whereas having all
> Slackware-related in one place would have been really convenient.

There are several/many others, also, like depfinder, gslapt, hoorex, 
magiic, slapt-get, slapt-src, slpkg, sourcery, spi, spkg... not all have 
the word 'slack' in.


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