From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20016 invoked by uid 1002); 22 May 2003 18:34:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 29469 invoked from network); 22 May 2003 18:34:01 -0000 Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:34:05 +0200 From: Sven Vermeulen To: Gentoo-Dev mailinglist Message-ID: <20030522183405.GB3208@Daikan.pandora.be> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo-Dev mailinglist References: <200305222012.06989.vadim_t@teleline.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200305222012.06989.vadim_t@teleline.es> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.20 X-Telephone: +32 486 460306 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Horrible package descriptions X-Archives-Salt: 0c3c3264-99b1-4731-b6fe-75c7d696bd63 X-Archives-Hash: 0805222b2ce84a0d2a21a7233309a4d5 --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:12:03PM +0200, Vadim wrote: > I think that Gentoo needs some better way of describing packages.=20 [...] > I simply don't know what the heck does apsfilter do. Yeah, it prints, but= =20 > what? Does it use CUPS or it's generic? If I install it, will I get more= =20 > features in the KDE printing dialog, or it's invoked manually? If it "pri= nts"=20 > maybe it's a printer driver?=20 This is why you also get the URL, so you can find out for yourself. I'm not in favor of adding a "long" description as other package formats do, althou= gh I won't object -- this is just my personal opinion. Wkr, Sven Vermeulen --=20 Thanks to DRM, you know that something has been built in environment of=20 unspecified degree of security, from source you cannot check, written by=20 programmers you don't know, released after passing QA of unknown quality an= d=20 which is released under a license that disclaims any responsibility... --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+zRgdXfqz7M26L9sRAr3SAKCG4jsxJGKobVkR2VFgX0T2yl3oZQCfWccA kVPMScaflWMM3fVR+89edNA= =cEBy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1--