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Explain why the categorization was bad
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- The existing categorization of packages gets lost. Counter-arguments:
- It was never that useful to begin with
- The categorization was always incomplete, because packages defined in the language package sets often don't get their own categorized file path.
- It was an inconvenient user interface, requiring a checkout or browsing through GitHub
- Many packages fit multiple categories, leading to multiple locations to search through instead of one
- There's other better ways of discovering similar packages, e.g. [Repology](https://repology.org/)
- GitHub's UI can't display more than 1000 items in a directory. Counter-arguments:
- It's still possible to open a subdirectory using the "Go to file" button, or pressing the `T` key
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