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Re: Closing submission incomplete since years?


From: Maxim Cournoyer
Subject: Re: Closing submission incomplete since years?
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:43:48 -0400
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Hi Simon,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Maxim,
>
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 at 13:54, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> If you want to package elasticsearch, know it's not in the Guix as we
>> speak, and see it as the first item when browsing
>> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/search?query=elasticsearch, I have some hope
>> that someone could find it.  Not to mention search engines, which are
>> also good at this.
>
> Well, maybe Xapian is enough?
>
>
>> That said, I get your point.  Perhaps a 'rejected' user tag would be
>> useful?  I doubt most users would know to use them though... but maybe
>> if it's exposed via Mumi it could be helpful.
>
> Well, if there is a tag and it is documented in the manual, then I think
> it is easier.  For example, assume ’moreinfo’ is this tag.  And consider
> I am interested in looking for some packages but I am hesitant about the
> name and let say I think it is phylogeny.  Then:
>
>     https://issues.guix.gnu.org/search?query=moreinfo+phylogeny
>
> and I find ’mrbayes’ which is the one I wanted.  So I resume.
>
> Well, instead of ’rejected’, I propose ’unfinished’ or ’incomplete’ or
> reuse ’moreinfo’ for that.  I feel the ’rejected’ as “no way!” when it
> is not the idea.

I like the user tag 'incomplete', as moreinfo would yield many false
positives, I think.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim



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