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From: Dylan Carlson <absinthe@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Horrible package descriptions
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 19:11:42
Message-Id: 200305221511.40372.absinthe@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Horrible package descriptions by Paul de Vrieze
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4 On Thu May 22 2003 3:02 pm, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
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6 > My biggest point against long descriptions is the fact they need to be
7 > written. That is not such a big point if the users will do it. I do
8 > think though that a description file might be more appropriate than
9 > putting the long description in the ebuild. A package description should
10 > always be the same I feel, even over versions.
11 >
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13 Maybe they don't have to be written. They can be optional. In the
14 presence of it, it's displayed, if not, fine.
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16 I don't see that we have to require the field.
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18 Cheers,
19 Dylan Carlson
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Horrible package descriptions Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>