On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 14:07 +0200, Cleto Martin Angelina wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Cleto Martin Angelina <cleto.mar...@gmail.com> > Owner: Cleto Martin Angelina <cleto.mar...@gmail.com> > > * Package name : zthreads libzthreads? > Version : 2.3.2 > Upstream Author : Eric Crahen <ecra...@users.sourceforge.net> > * URL : http://zthread.sourceforge.net/ > * License : MIT > Programming Lang: C++ > Description : A platform-independent, multi-threading, object-oriented > and synchronization library for C++ This is a pretty long "short description". I would suggest something like: "synchronization library" or "synchronization library for C++"
> Zthreads is an advanced platform-independant, object-oriented > threading and synchronization library. Designed and tested under POSIX > & Win32 systems. Not just another thread wrapper. > .. > It provides several structures for concurrent programming like > PoolExecutor, MonitoredQueue, Barriers and much more. Futhermore, ^^ My spell checker suggest: Furthermore > structures like Task and Thread are provided for creating threading > applications in C++ easier. > This library is used in Bruce Eckel's book "Thinking in > C++" as a good framework for concurrent programming. This last paragraph could/should be dropped. (IMHO, this sounds like advertising, and it isn't a useful information about what the package is doing / why it is useful / when it it should be used) Thanks, Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272437077.3308.1117.ca...@solid.paris.klabs.be