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| Enrico Zini 2004-08-15, 7:47 am |
| Hello,
Today other KDE packages hit the archives, and as usual I go, read the
description, and as usual I find this blurb at the beginning of it:
KDE is a powerful Open Source graphical desktop environment for Unix
workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality, and
outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the
Unix operating system.
<description of the package itself>
I think it makes more sense to first describe the package and then
describe KDE. This way one doesn't have to read through the end of the
blurb looking for the package description. With the blurb at the end,
one could know about the package right away (which is why I read the
description anyway), then see the start of a description of what KDE is
and skip it if one knows already.
Instead of filing a minor or wishlist bugs against all packages with
that blurb in the description, I decided to post a message here.
This is a list of such packages, extracted by grep-available on a
slightly outdated available file. It's funny that the "kde" package
does NOT have that text in the description.
ark
dcoprss
kaddressbook
kalarm
kandy
karm
kcalc
kcharselect
kdeaccessibility
kdelirc
kdenetwork
kdepasswd
kdepim
kdepim-dev
kdepim-doc
kdepim-kfile-plugins
kdepim-kio-plugins
kdessh
kdeutils
kdeutils-dev
kdf
kdict
kedit
kfloppy
kget
kgpg
kgpgcertmanager
khexedit
kjots
klaptopdaemon
kmag
kmail
kmailcvt
kmilo
kmousetool
kmouth
knewsticker
knode
knotes
konsolekalendar
kontact
kopete
korganizer
korn
kpf
kpilot
kppp
krdc
kregexpeditor
krfb
ksim
ksirc
ksync
ktalkd
ktimer
ktnef
kwalletmanager
kwifimanager
libkcal2
libkcal2-dev
libkdenetwork2
libkdepim1
libkdgantt0
libkdgantt0-dev
libkgantt0
libkgantt0-dev
libkpimexchange1
libkpimexchange1-dev
libksieve0
libksieve0-dev
libmimelib1
libmimelib1-dev
librss1
librss1-dev
lisa
Ciao,
Enrico
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| Ben Burton 2004-08-15, 7:47 am |
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> I think it makes more sense to first describe the package and then
> describe KDE.
[AOL]
b.
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| Peter Lundqvist 2004-08-15, 7:47 am |
| Is there really a need to describe KDE at all except in meta-packages?
I find white noise in package descriptions very anoying since I read them
in my 80x25 xterm using apt-cache show. Wouldn't it be better to refer to
another package for description of KDE itself?
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| Miles Bader 2004-08-15, 8:48 pm |
| Peter Lundqvist <peterl@Update.UU.SE> writes:
> Is there really a need to describe KDE at all except in meta-packages?
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> I find white noise in package descriptions very anoying since I read them
> in my 80x25 xterm using apt-cache show. Wouldn't it be better to refer to
> another package for description of KDE itself?
I rather agree, especially in this case, as the KDE blurb in quesiton
seems more like frothy marketing-speak than a real description.
If retained, it should at least go at the end.
[I've gotten the impression that KDE upstream is extremely touchy
about their "image" though, so tread carefully... :-/ ]
-Miles
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