There are now questions tagged software and software-rec. All software questions look like they're software recommendations and should be tagged software-rec for compatibility with Super User. I'm not sure whether software should be a synonym of software-rec or if it has some independent legitimate use here (in which case the questions should be retagged).
asked Dec 16, 2010 at 21:24
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All the software posts do seem to be recommendations, except for List installed packages in Fedora. I dropped the tag from that one and merged software → software-rec:
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merge of [software-rec] and [software] complete!
I'm not sure if it should be a synonym or not, so I didn't make one for now
answered Dec 16, 2010 at 21:34
I can't imagine a question that should be tagged software and not software-rec. It makes sense for E&R, but not here. Since this is a Unix & Linux site, all questions relate somewhat to software - it's a given.
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I just retagged unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3322/… then wondered if
softwarehadn't been a legitimate tag after all. Commented Dec 16, 2010 at 21:54 -
@Gilles That does seem like a rare legitimate usage, but the tag itself isn't particularly helpful; nobody's going to search for all [software] posts– Michael Mrozek ModCommented Dec 16, 2010 at 22:17