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From: Michael Crute <mcrute@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description?
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:48:18
Message-Id: 558b73fb05082320393c29effc@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description? by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Or you could use http://packages.gentoo.org/ or
2 http://gentoo-portage.comboth of which tend to provide decent
3 information about the packages in
4 portage.
5
6 -Mike
7
8 On 8/23/05, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> wrote:
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10 > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:26:54 -0300 conan@××××××××××.ar wrote:
11 > | - why gentoo has decided that one line description is enough?
12 >
13 > We don't.
14 >
15 > | - it's possible to implement long descriptions? (i mean in the
16 > | political decision to do so, i know is technically viable with some
17 > | LONG_DESCRIPTION item in ebuilds)
18 >
19 > Already there. Check metadata.xml. It supports long descriptions in
20 > multiple languages.
21 >
22 > --
23 > Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron)
24 > Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org <http://gentoo.org>
25 > Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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33 ________________________________
34 Michael E. Crute
35 Software Developer
36 SoftGroup Development Corporation
37
38 Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware.
39 "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?"

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