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<B>Dale Huckeby</B>
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<I>Sun Oct 24 03:17:34 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>On Sun, 24 Oct 2010, Michael Scherer wrote:
><i> Le dimanche 24 octobre 2010 à 00:59 +0200, Tux99 a écrit :
</I>>><i> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Dale Huckeby wrote:
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</I>>>><i> One problem in choosing packages is that for many a description of what
</I>>>><i> the app does is sparse or nonexistent. And often the description is of
</I>>>><i> the form: defoliant_2.35.rpm. Install this if you need a defoliant. When
</I>>>><i> I see descriptions like this my first impulse is to wonder, Why did you
</I>>>><i> even bother? Complete descriptions of what each app does, including
</I>>>><i> explaining under what circumstances the user might or might not need it,
</I>>>><i> would go a long way towards making noobies feel less lost. Some apps do
</I>>>><i> an admirable job of explanation. Many don't.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> I 100% agree with that and this is something that the packagers really
</I>>><i> should do. What's the point in packaging up a great useful app, but then
</I>>><i> saving time on the description so nobody but a few insiders use it,
</I>>><i> because nobody know what it is for?
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</I>>><i> Even I still come across packages I have never heard of and then wonder
</I>>><i> what they are for, immagine a newbie who doesn't really know any of the
</I>>><i> Linux apps by name.
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</I>><i> Well, writing better description is a task that do not requires
</I>><i> technical knowledge, and that any packagers could do, if people send a
</I>><i> patch.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Since I never received anything for my own packages for this kind of
</I>><i> problem, shall I assume that my packages are fine ?
</I>
Since I don't have technical knowledge but do like writing descriptions
that might be something I could do. But I don't know how to "send a
patch", unless by that you simply mean including in an email the text
of the description. Your packages probably are fine, but like many
nontechnical users I don't have much idea who maintains which packages.
Dale Huckeby
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