[Mageia-dev] On new rpm group
Pierre-Malo Deniélou
pierre-malo.denielou at rhul.ac.uk
Thu Nov 15 23:56:19 CET 2012
Le 15/11/12 22:47,Barry Jackson nous adresse ces quelques mots :
> On 15/11/12 22:10, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
>> Funda Wang schreef op vr 09-11-2012 om 16:50 [+0800]:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I noticed that there are two rpm group named 'Geography' and
>>> 'Sciences/Geosciences'. Are there any differences?
>>
>> It would appear to me that geography is more concerned with the names
>> and locations of places whereas geosciences is the quest for knowledge
>> of the Earth's composition, rock layers, sediments etcetera.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>
> I think the geosciences group was aimed at satnav, gps and mapping for
> example but I may be wrong - I recall some discussion on irc.
That's the opposite ...
Geography is for the satnav, gps and mapping softs, while Geoscience are
for all geology, climate, oceanography related software.
Cheers.
--
Malo
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