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From: Spundun Bhatt <spundun@×××.EDU>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Horrible package descriptions
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:54:34
Message-Id: 1053635336.1242.18.camel@mermaid.isi.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Horrible package descriptions by Dhruba Bandopadhyay
1 >From my experience so far with gentoo... I have a feedback.
2 A couple of times I wished the categories were more specific, Once I was
3 looking for a juke box.. I wished I could search for all the sw simlar
4 to xmms. And the other time it was sound editing rosegarden like
5 software. Most of the time I am just curious how many varieties in a
6 perticular app category are available... a catagory like gams could
7 definately use it.
8 Hope this helpls
9 Spundun
10 On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 11:31, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
11 > On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 19:12, Vadim wrote:
12 > > I think that Gentoo needs some better way of describing packages. For example,
13 > > I think it would also be a good idea to add longer descriptions, like those
14 >
15 > It's a nice idea. On the theme of metadata that runs throughout the
16 > entire distribution however there is a common argument against it. The
17 > current information points the user to the package homepage which is
18 > considered as the most uptodate and proficient resource of that
19 > information. This also prevents information duplication and the need to
20 > maintain it.
21 >
22 >
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