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[edit] Old Discussion

Over time, we should try to turn this into a table which contains a column for the name of the package, a description, a launch date, the current version, the maintainer(s) the license (GPL or LGPL), and the various platforms onto which the program(s) officially run.

What do you think? -- Mathieugp 15:31, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Should this page not be List of official GNU packages? This would remove the ambiguity that it might be a list of packages that run on GNU; incidentally is there on of those? Could also be List of FSF Packages but I think the FSF likes to call their packages "official GNU packages".

Also the last comment seems like a good idea. --Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley 16:42, 2004 Nov 11 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming

I agree that we need to distinguish between software packages that were made for (or runs on) the GNU OS, and software packages that make up the GNU OS itself. I am not sure what is the best way to achieve that.

Maybe if we had a separate List of GNU-compatible packages it would become clearer what this list is about?

What do you think? I do not object to the use of the term "official", but I could not find the phrase "official GNU packages" anywhere on the FSF site. -- Mathieugp 20:14, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It seems they don't use that phrase. However, there is a list of GNU (i.e. part of the GNU operating system) packages at [1]. I don't think the Wikipedia page should have every GNU package though, only the particularly notable ones. Superm401 - Talk 23:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Version, maintainer, license etc

I propose this layout for discussion:

Name Description Launch Date * Current stable version Current development version Original Developer(s) Current Maintainer(s) License(s)
Emacs Extensible, real-time editor  ? 21.3  ? Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> GPL


-- * Date the software development project started.

Anything else?

-- Mathieugp 20:14, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Looks good. I'd actually remove the version columns (not very informative & quickly dated). The launch date, maintainers, and license are all useful. I'd include a link to the site where there is no Wikipedia page Karnesky 18:41, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree for the date. It might be better to leave it out for the reasons you stated. I also agree for the link to the site.
Since I posted this suggestion, I have become a more knowlegeable wikipedian and now I think it might be a good idea to create a project with the more ambitious goal of tagging and categorizing all software packages. I think the template I proposed would be a good start. What do you think? -- Mathieugp 15:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spam tag?

What's with the spam tag? The links are all to areas of the GNU website. This is appropriate considering the page is about GNU software . . . If you think one or more of the links is not useful, just delete them. But I don't think there's any way you could call them spam/innapropriate. . . Jason75 03:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Call it GNU/Spam if you like. Problem is that those gnu links violate WP:EL and WP:NOT and they have to go since Wikipedia isn't a web directory. One Gnu.org link at the bottom would be sufficient. (Requestion 04:00, 20 March 2007 (UTC))
OK, cleaned up links. Jason75 04:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for cleaning up the External links sections. I removed the homepage URL column. This is now one fantastic looking List of Software. I appreciate your help and support. (Requestion 05:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC))