Or you could use <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/">http://packages.gentoo.org/</a> or
<a href="http://gentoo-portage.com">http://gentoo-portage.com</a> both of which tend to provide decent
information about the packages in portage.<br>
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-Mike<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/23/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ciaran McCreesh</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:ciaranm@gentoo.org">ciaranm@gentoo.org</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:26:54 -0300 <a href="mailto:conan@lugmen.org.ar">conan@lugmen.org.ar</a> wrote:<br>| - why gentoo has decided that one line description is enough?<br><br>We don't.<br><br>| - it's possible to implement long descriptions? (i mean in the
<br>|&nbsp;&nbsp; political decision to do so, i know is technically viable with some<br>|&nbsp;&nbsp; LONG_DESCRIPTION item in ebuilds)<br><br>Already there. Check metadata.xml. It supports long descriptions in<br>multiple languages.<br><br>
--<br>Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron)<br>Mail&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;: ciaranm at <a href="http://gentoo.org">gentoo.org</a><br>Web&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : <a href="http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm">http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
</a><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>________________________________<br>Michael E. Crute<br>Software Developer<br>SoftGroup Development Corporation<br><br>Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware.
<br>&quot;In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?&quot;