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[Minh Ha Duong]

> Then I found one concern. If this is not a Wiki-like system, people
> won't be able to contribute information, updates and fixes. Will that be
> possible?

  I expect that anybody can register and submit applications, but not tried 
it.

> Will we keep the Wiki application pages for longer descriptions, like
> how to build a specific program or how to patch it to get it working on
> FR and so on?
>
> Will we MOVE content there? A system like opkg.org would be more optimal
> for "application database", than a set of Wiki pages.

 I do not know any guidelines about how to organize  forge / repository / 
directory / wiki / bugtracking . If anybody has real-world experience, we are 
interested.

> +1 for sharing category names. About renaming GPS: I don't know yet.
> "Location Applications"? (Not all GPS programs are mapping programs,
> some just take track (well, normally we use our tracks for drawing maps,
> ok. :-) ) I can't find anything like this in FreeDesktop, just
> "Geography", which is under "Science" (and/or "Education"). If you want
> to stick to FreeDesktop, then Geography is the name you are looking for
> (we can ignore the fact, that this is a second level category there. :-)

I don't like "Geography"  as much as "Location".

Minh
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