<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 2:27 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:klaatu@mixedsignals.ml" target="_blank">klaatu@mixedsignals.ml</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Rich's recent question (from which I learned much) made me think that maybe there ought to be a "Slackware" category in the SBo repo.<br>
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A "Slackware" category would contain applications that are useful only in Slackware. That is to say: there are applications that are useful across Linux, and then there are tools that are designed exclusively for Slackware (usually package management, often based on either Slackpkg or SBo). Tools that are useful in BOTH Linux and Slackware would *not* appear in this category.<br>
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Here are some examples. See how many of them you knew existed, and how many you know about but think more people might need help finding:<br>
* sbopkg<br>
* sboui<br>
* sbbdep<br>
* slackpkg+<br>
* sport<br>
* sbotools<br>
* [insert your favourite obscure Slackware/SBo script or app here]<br>
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It seems to me like hiding great Slackware-specific sys utils harms discoverability, and mixing them into other, broader categories serves no purpose anyway. Sure, sboui might be a System tool, but let's face it: it's a Slackware "addon" that nobody knows to look for, and it's not just a system tool, it's a Slackware tool. Why not create a category we can all go to when we have questions like Rich's, and see what cool script or application one of our colleagues has written to scratch the itch?<br>
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Can anyone think of a reason this would be harmful, or not helpful?<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Just my $.02, but I really like this idea. It partially solves the "you don't know what you don't know problem" with things like sboui and hoorex (that I dearly love, but only recently discovered). </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I've been thinking for awhile now about asking to add a category for "Security" and related. But I could'nt think of an obvious reason to make it worth asking other than "it would be nice to have everything in one pile". A Slackware category makes sense and has obvious benefits.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">----<div>Barry Grundy</div><div><a href="mailto:bgrundy@gmail.com" target="_blank">bgrundy@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:bgrundy@linuxleo.com" target="_blank">bgrundy@linuxleo.com</a></div></div></div>
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