Package: mate-desktop-environment Version: 1.8.0+2~bpo70+1 Following up on the thread in the mailing list:
> >are there any reasons for the »strange« package description in > >mate-desktop-environment (and more) > > > >The MATE Desktop Environment, a non-intuitive and unattractive desktop > > for users, using traditional computing desktop metaphor. > > > >bye > >Joe > >Danish > > I have adopted this a little self-ironic description from the meta > package mate-desktop-environment that has been provided on the > upstream package site so far [1]. > > If you feel we should change that, please file a bug report against > that package in Debian. Being "self-ironic" is not a service to our users, who might be interested in a traditional, lightweight desktop environment (and will not choose to suffer with a "non-intuitive and unattractive" solution instead). Cheers, and thanks for the work! (...waiting for it to be compiled for armhf...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140605133323.gd79...@gwolf.org