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On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:38 +0100 |
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> Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I think this is not the first time it's been discussed here, but maybe |
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>> I'm wrong. |
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>> Other distros associate a more user-friendly package name (application |
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>> name) to packages. |
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>> Say, they bind libreoffice-writer to "LibreOffice Writer" in package |
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>> metadata. |
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>> How about expanding metadata.xml (adding to its .dtd) to also support |
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>> this? It would be nice to show this info in GUI package managers |
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>> instead of the actual, and ugly (for the newbies), CP or CPV. |
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>> It would be just a small addition that would make a big diff. |
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> I think we already expand the name in DESCRIPTION whenever it is |
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> ambiguous. |
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DESCRIPTION != Application Name |
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Description is way too long, and sometimes, it even overflows 80 chars |
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limit (I recall there was a suggested limit for it, and it is 80 chars |
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-- that's why we have long-description in metadata.xml). |
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> Could you please mention some Gentoo examples which would benefit from |
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> the proposed change? |
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As I wrote, GUI Package Managers or Web frontends to Portage (package browsers). |
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Example image, taken from Ubuntu SC, showing application names: |
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http://cdn.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Selection_008.jpeg |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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Cheers, |
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Fabio Erculiani |
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