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On Thursday 22 May 2003 20:34, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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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, |
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> although I won't object -- this is just my personal opinion. |
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Sure, that sometimes works. But not always. I can think of multiple problems |
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with that. For example: |
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That assumes that the web site says something useful about it. It might be a |
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site from somebody who just put his/her stuff on the web in case somebody |
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find it useful, with no documentation at all. Or it might happen to be some |
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obscure tiny tool made by a large company that's got a huge site where you |
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have to search for 15 minutes until your find something. |
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Sometimes, you have network problems too. The site might be down. Or have |
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moved somewhere else. Or perhaps you have a local Gentoo mirror and no |
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internet connection due to problems/paranoid security. |
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Then, there is a problem with searching. I'd like to be able to find SAMBA |
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without knowing how it, or the protocol is called. Most people might try to |
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search for "windows network", for example. The URL is not very helpful when |
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you know what kind of tool you want, but not the exact tool. |
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