Doc categories for base libraries

[Asumu Takikawa]

Hi all,

I noticed that on http://docs.racket-lang.org a lot of the main distribution
libraries are still categorized under "Miscellaneous" and therefore get lost in
the big list of user-contributed libraries.

I'm thinking of pushing commits to add categories for the following library
docs (a subset of the ones currently in misc):

2d -> "Syntax Extensions"
data -> "Data Structures"
db -> "Databases"
math -> "Math and Science"
syntax -> "Syntax Extensions"
unix-socket -> 'net-library

Any objections / suggestions?

Cheers,
Asumu

[Neil Van Dyke]

Possibly related: in the all-inclusive docs.racket-lang.org
documentation index, some indication of core vs. user-contributed might
help users decide which package to click upon first.

(I realize things are moving towards more-decentralized, but the "core?"
predicate is one of the easiest predictors of quality/blessedness to
implement right now, technically and socially. I don't recommend star
ratings, usage metrics, or centralized curating right now. I realize
that "core?" predicate will work against SXML-related packages, but I'll
survive.)

Neil V.

[Vincent St-Amour]

I like that.

Vincent

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[Vincent St-Amour]

I like the idea. How about listing the "ring" of each package? It's a
more precise distinction than core/non-core (which probably reflects
history more than blessedness), and also highlights quality libraries
that don't happen to be part of the core.

Vincent

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