On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:52:44 +0100 > Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> * Package name : plum > >> > netconsole on many more products. The package name is far from being as >> > specific as the package itself. General purpose names are (relatively) >> > fine for general purpose programs. >> Well, plum is an acronym for Python LaCie das U-Boot Milchkuh, I'm not >> really good at giving names, if you have any idea, feel free to share. > > lucie-uboot > > lucie-uboot-netconsole Won't people think it's a u-boot package (I mean, like, a binary of the boot loader) but for LaCie product ? As I said, I'm really not good about names, so thank you very much for trying to help me here. > > IMHO python isn't that relevant but you could just py- into there > somewhere. I agree, I'm not a very big fan of python-package unless it's a python library. > > The point is that the name should reflect just how specific this > package is to a single bootloader, a single method of that bootloader > and a single set of products using that bootloader. > > A change of name should also involve retitling the ITP. I'm reading the documentation on how to do that (it's the first time I try to add a package to debian as you may have imagined :)) > >> > The Description isn't suitable for a real package, it should at the >> > very least refer to uboot and lacie. Whichever keyword doesn't get >> > added to the package name needs to be in the short description. > > >> The word U-Boot and LaCie are in the description already. > >> >> Description : plum is a command line tool used to interact with the >> >> U-Boot netconsole of any LaCie product > > At 92 characters that is too far long for the *short* description and > it repeats the (proposed) package name. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-synopsis > > The short description should be of the order of 50 characters. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.3.2 What about : Description : lacie u-boot netconsole shell ?
Now the dumb question, to change the description, what do I do ? I wasn't able to find that info in the docs :/ Should I also add a more detailed description at the end of the ITP ? I did not write one but from what I see in the docs I should have. > > -- > > > Neil Williams > ============= > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ > -- 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/cagduivxzahnk6o-7kjhrqauspjaaookzeocozuy48ypemcw...@mail.gmail.com
