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On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:02:36PM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> My biggest point against long descriptions is the fact they need to be |
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> written. That is not such a big point if the users will do it. I do think |
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> though that a description file might be more appropriate than putting the |
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> long description in the ebuild. A package description should always be the |
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> same I feel, even over versions. |
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oh come on! during my stint as a developer for a Linux distribution that |
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shall not be named, writing the long description was very little work |
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indeed. |
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keeping the packages bug free took up way more time. i don't think the |
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time taken to write a long description is a valid point against it. |
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that said, I'm not sure how much use a long description would be to me. |
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the DESCRIPTION, along with the category/group, give me enough of a |
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context to be able to fill in the blanks for most ebuilds. the only |
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time I've actually read the description on other distributions was when |
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browsing using a GUI tool :) |
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leon |
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in the beginning, was the code. |
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