RE: [PEAR-DEV] Category question

Hi all! <zitiere wer="LIMBOURG Arnaud"> >> > 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. > Makes sense to add broader search capabilities. I think, thats a better way to raise usability. > I'm also + 1 for having a package in multiple categories though, it can help > for first time users, or even long gone and returning :) I disagree with that. Having multiple categories for a package will only raise the complexity of the system... Think about having most packages in 3 or 4 categories... This would raise the number of entries in the system to 3 or 4 times mor than their are today... Regards! Toby -- <?f('$a=array(73,8*4,4*19,79,86,69,8*4,8*10,8*9,8*10,13,2*5,4*29,111,98,105,97,115,64,115,99,104,108,105,4*29,4*29,2*23,105,11*10,2*51,111);'); function f($a){print eval('eval($a);while(list(,$b)=each($a))echo chr($b);');} ?>