[MacPorts] #67685: Is it okay to add a few new tags? Like, for example, statistics (topic is mostly, R-related, but not exclusive to it)

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#67685: Is it okay to add a few new tags? Like, for example, statistics (topic is
mostly, R-related, but not exclusive to it)
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  Reporter:  barracuda156  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:                |
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Description changed by barracuda156:

Old description:

> Now we got {{{math}}} tag, however I do not think it makes a good sense
> to use it for everything remotely related. I would even add more specific
> tags like {{{bayesian}}} and {{{economics}}}, for example. Say, while
> both general equilibrium or demand models are still {{{math}}} (and
> {{{science}}}, FWIW), someone looking for actual math (ex., numerical
> computations or abstract algebra) may not want to see those, while
> someone looking for econometrics stuff would prefer not to dig through
> ports like {{{R-cgal-Meshes}}} or standalone functions for fancy
> distributions. Using {{{finance}}} is also problematic, there are tons of
> economics stuff which has nothing to do with finance. Etc.
> Obviously, tags only make sense when there are some number of ports worth
> having those.
>
> What everyone thinks? While right now I ask in connection with 3000+ R
> packages we got now, it is not restricted to R.

New description:

 Now we got {{{math}}} tag, however I do not think it makes a good sense to
 use it for everything remotely related. I would even add more specific
 tags like {{{bayesian}}} and {{{economics}}}, for example. Say, while both
 general equilibrium or demand models are still {{{math}}} (and
 {{{science}}}, FWIW), someone looking for actual math (ex., numerical
 computations or abstract algebra) may not want to see those, while someone
 looking for econometrics stuff would prefer not to dig through ports like
 {{{R-cgalMeshes}}} or standalone functions for fancy distributions. Using
 {{{finance}}} is also problematic, there are tons of economics stuff which
 has nothing to do with finance. Etc.
 Obviously, tags only make sense when there are some number of ports worth
 having those.

 What everyone thinks? While right now I ask in connection with 3000+ R
 packages we got now, it is not restricted to R.

 P. S. For R, my idea was to provide a somewhat-full replacement for CRAN,
 which requires a lot of packages: unfortunately, R folks prefer to make
 every tiny thing into a separate package, and to have people actually
 interested to try Macports for R, we should offer what people may look
 for. (Say, what FreeBSD freshports offers is useless IMO – there are zero
 reasons why someone may prefer that over just installing from CRAN.)

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