Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 05:15:50 -0800 (PST) From: rmiya@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ports/8694: Recommend to change category name: biology -> chemistry or etc. Message-ID: <199811151315.FAA24649@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 8694 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Recommend to change category name: biology -> chemistry or etc. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 15 05:20:00 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ryo MIYAMOTO >Organization: Dpt. of Materials Sci. & Tech., Hirosaki Univ. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE >Environment: FreeBSD scepter.sci.hirosaki-u.ac.jp 2.2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Sep 1 18:09:23 JST 1997 rmiya@scepter.sci.hirosaki-u.ac.jp:/usr/src/sys/compile/SCEPTER i386 >Description: Of course, I know that `biology' include wide areas, like those from biochemistry to zoology. However, most of applications registered in ports/biology are connected to the field of molecular science, the academic field like that is usually called as `chemistry'. Peoples who are interested in the molecular sciense are hard to imagin that the category `biology' contains `chemistry'. Even DNAs, proteins, and sugars are well known as biological materials, more primitive molecules and other kind of ones can also be treated by the programs listed in ports/biology. Then, I recommend to change the category name of `biology' to more basic/fundamental name or interdisciplinary name as one of the followings: chemistry, biochemistry, biology-chemistry. If it will not, the applications in computational chemistry, such as molecular orbital calculations, etc., will be submitted in *new* category of `chemistry'. I'm disappointed to split the field nearby, and to be confusing in category of packages/ports. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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