Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Application name in metadata.xml

[Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:38 +0100
> Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> I think this is not the first time it's been discussed here, but maybe
>> I'm wrong.
>> Other distros associate a more user-friendly package name (application
>> name) to packages.
>> Say, they bind libreoffice-writer to "LibreOffice Writer" in package
>> metadata.
>>
>> How about expanding metadata.xml (adding to its .dtd) to also support
>> this? It would be nice to show this info in GUI package managers
>> instead of the actual, and ugly (for the newbies), CP or CPV.
>> It would be just a small addition that would make a big diff.
>
> I think we already expand the name in DESCRIPTION whenever it is
> ambiguous.

DESCRIPTION != Application Name
Description is way too long, and sometimes, it even overflows 80 chars
limit (I recall there was a suggested limit for it, and it is 80 chars
-- that's why we have long-description in metadata.xml).

>
> Could you please mention some Gentoo examples which would benefit from
> the proposed change?

As I wrote, GUI Package Managers or Web frontends to Portage (package browsers).
Example image, taken from Ubuntu SC, showing application names:
http://cdn.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Selection_008.jpeg

>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny


Cheers,
-- 
Fabio Erculiani