From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2008-08-24 20:40:42
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Quoting Keith Marshall <kei...@us...>: > > Again, it was just an idea for consideration. I agree that a > hierarchical organisation could become confusing, if the depth were > allowed to exceed say a broad heading with at most one level of > sub-categorisation. I'm not committed to either one, but would > appreciate opinions from others. John advocates a monolithic > organisation: > > All > MinGW Compiler Suite > MSYS Base System > MSYS Supplementary Tools > MinGW Native Ports > MinGW Libraries > Miscellany > I like this. > I don't object to that, although it isn't clear to me where everything > would fit into such an organisation, e.g. where does GDB belong? I'm > suggesting an alternative, subdivided into broader category headings, > and presented in a tree view, e.g.: > > Base System > MinGW Compiler Suite > MSYS Standard Tools > Developer Tools > MSYS Base System > MSYS Supplementary Tools > GNU Autotools > MinGW Compiler Suite > Source Level Debuggers > User Contributed Tools > Libraries > MinGW Standard Libraries > User Contributed Libraries > MinGW Ports > > (Note that the same subheading, appearing under more than one main > heading, would always represent the same collection of packages). > > Opinions? > I understand what you're striving to but I think that it is a bit much for the first time user who is just trying to download a compiler suite. Earnie |