I don't know if this ITP is still alive, but if so I think we should
be Cc-ing the bug rather than posting on debian-devel.
> Cleto Martín wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> * Package name : telegram-cli
[...]
>> Description : Command-line interface for Telegram messenger
That's more or less just an expansion of the package name, and doesn't
give me much of a clue what this software is for.
Is this a single binary package? If it's one package for a library
and one for the executable, they should probably have short
descriptions along the lines of
Description: phone instant messenger - shared library
Description: phone instant messenger - command-line interface
>> Telegram messenger is a cloud-based instant messaging platform
>> designed for smart phones and similar to Whatsapp but more flexible,
These days it's usually s/smart phones/smartphones/
Isn't it "WhatsApp", with capital A?
No need for a comma after "flexible".
>> and powerful. You can send messages, photos, videos and documents to
>> people who are in your phone contacts (and have Telegram). Telegram
>> also supports secret chats whose provide a private (encrypted) way of
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Chris Bannister wrote:
> That should be "which provides"?
Chats are plural, so they "provide" (no -s). Or say "providing".
Also, "a [...] way of communication" seems unidiomatic - s/way/means/
>> communication.
>> .
>> This package contains a command-line based client for Telegram with
What's the difference between a command-line based client and an
actual command-line client?
>> the following features:
>> * Colored terminal messages.
>> * Message management: history, stats, etc.
>> * Group chat: create and manage groups.
>> * Secret chat: secured and encrypted conversations.
>> * Contact management: add/edit/remove contacts.
>> * Multimedia support: send/load photos and videos.
This isn't quite in "d-l-e house style", but it's okay.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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