From fd1d6afe6115418b4352d165f53b4276c4e12870 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anderson Torres Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 13:22:56 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] add drawback --- rfcs/0146-meta-categories.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/rfcs/0146-meta-categories.md b/rfcs/0146-meta-categories.md index 0cf5144..45e24cf 100755 --- a/rfcs/0146-meta-categories.md +++ b/rfcs/0146-meta-categories.md @@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ The most immediate drawbacks are: easier to create such categories using Nix language when compared to other software collections. +3. Superfluous + + It can be argued that there are other ways to discover similar or related + package sets, like Repology. + + However, this argument is a bit circular, because e.g. the classification + shown by Repology effectively replicates the classification done by the many + software collections in its catalog. Therefore, relying in Repology merely + transfers the question to external sources. + + Further it becomes more pronounced when we take into account the fact Nixpkgs + is top 1 of most Repology statistics. The expected outcome, therefore, should + be precisely the opposite: Nixpkgs being _the_ source of structured metainfo + for other software collections. + # Alternatives [alternatives]: #alternatives