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Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> writes: |
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> On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:12:03PM +0200, Vadim wrote: |
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>> I think that Gentoo needs some better way of describing packages. |
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> [...] |
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>> I simply don't know what the heck does apsfilter do. Yeah, it prints, but |
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>> what? Does it use CUPS or it's generic? If I install it, will I get more |
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>> features in the KDE printing dialog, or it's invoked manually? If it "prints" |
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>> maybe it's a printer driver? |
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> This is why you also get the URL, so you can find out for yourself. I'm not |
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> in favor of adding a "long" description as other package formats do, although |
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> I won't object -- this is just my personal opinion. |
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I think thats just an excuse. Many ebuilds in there have little in |
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the way of an upstream webpage. You cannot assume the URL will have |
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more information about the package. |
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Matt |
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Matthew Kennedy |
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