RE: [PEAR-DEV] Category question
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Mon, 19 May 2003 13:18:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] Category question | ||
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> From: Greg Beaver [mailto:greg@chiaraquartet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 2:17 AM
>
> When I'm trying to find a package, it is often difficult to figure out
> exactly which category it belongs in. Why not allow packages to fall
> into more than one category? For instance, the Tree class would
> logically be placed into Structures, DB, and XML since it is all
three.
Maybe an exented search feature would even be more valuable for this?
The categories are useful for browsing, but not really searching for
something specific. It makes more sense to be able to search the package
descriptions as well to be able to find a package that offers a specific
feature.
Regards,
Lukas