On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 09:39:30AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > > Well, except that it doesn't actually describe the package well. Maybe
> > > > insert "FIFO controlled" before "audio player."
> > >
> > > Or better, "FIFO-controlled", so it doesn't read like a past-tense
> > > sentence fra
On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 02:30 US/Eastern, Sven Luther wrote:
o It does not clutter the desktop with a GUI. Thus the author claims
it is anti-GUI, but i don't find that a very intuitive description.
o It is composed of a backend and a frontend, and thus survive the
killing of the curre
Branden Robinson wrote:
> True enough, but I've long hence given up trying to persuade people to
> make their package descriptions useful. They'd much rather be cute,
> clever, and opaque.
I'm open to suggests for a more cute, clever, and opaque short
description for intercal than the current one
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 08:30:52AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:12:37PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > * Anthony DeRobertis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030618 10:11]:
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, Jun 18, 2003, at 11:59 US/Eastern, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Descr
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:39:25PM +0200, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
> On Thursday 19 June 2003 08:30, Sven Luther wrote:
> > The upstream author is not so happy about the FIFO controlled stuff,
> > since it sounds as if using quark is difficult.
>
> Right, the FIFO(implementation) is irrelevant for
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 17:46, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> Sven Luther wrote:
> > Description: audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
> > Mmm, doesn't sound all that descriptive.
>
> But hardly because of the removal of the "an".
> (i.e. what business has "by geeks for geeks" rather than something
> inf
On Thursday 19 June 2003 08:30, Sven Luther wrote:
> The upstream author is not so happy about the FIFO controlled stuff,
> since it sounds as if using quark is difficult.
Right, the FIFO(implementation) is irrelevant for most users.
> I was thinking of something along the lines of :
>
> Descrip
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:04:24AM -0600, Eric Schwartz wrote:
> On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 00:30 America/Denver, Sven Luther wrote:
> >I have almost a ready package, i just now need a fine short
> >description.
>
> How about:
>
> simple audio player with detachable GUI
Mmm,
> It's not per
On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 00:30 America/Denver, Sven Luther wrote:
I have almost a ready package, i just now need a fine short
description.
How about:
simple audio player with detachable GUI
It's not perfect, I know. This sounds pretty nifty, actually, but hard
to categorize.
But this still
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:12:37PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Anthony DeRobertis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030618 10:11]:
> >
> > On Wednesday, Jun 18, 2003, at 11:59 US/Eastern, Branden Robinson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Description: audio player for geeks, by geeks
> > >
> > >...is just right.
> >
* Anthony DeRobertis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030618 10:11]:
>
> On Wednesday, Jun 18, 2003, at 11:59 US/Eastern, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> >
> >Description: audio player for geeks, by geeks
> >
> >...is just right.
>
> Well, except that it doesn't actually describe the package well. Maybe
> inse
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 06:25:20PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:54:11AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:39:40PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > > Ugh. Since when does the developer's ref
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:31:52PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> On Wednesday, Jun 18, 2003, at 11:59 US/Eastern, Branden Robinson wrote:
> >Description: audio player for geeks, by geeks
> >
> >...is just right.
>
> Well, except that it doesn't actually describe the package well. Maybe
> ins
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:26:32PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> > Yep, i took the one from the Quark 3.0 announce, which i suppose was the
> > one of a previous version and should have been replaced by the one from
> > the web site.
>
>Also, you could remove the leading "an" from the short desc
On Wednesday, Jun 18, 2003, at 11:59 US/Eastern, Branden Robinson wrote:
Description: audio player for geeks, by geeks
...is just right.
Well, except that it doesn't actually describe the package well. Maybe
insert "FIFO controlled" before "audio player."
Hi,
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:54:11AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:39:40PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
> > > Ugh. Since when does the developer's reference recommend this? The
> > > article most definitely belongs...
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:46:44PM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Sven Luther wrote:
> >> Also, you could remove the leading "an" from the short description,
> >>as recommended by the developer's reference.
> > Description: audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
> > Mmm, doesn't sound all t
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:12:13AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:37:09PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:26:32PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> > Description: audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
>
> > Mmm, doesn't sound all that descriptive.
>
> Ug
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:39:40PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Ugh. Since when does the developer's reference recommend this? The
> > article most definitely belongs...
>It is in 6.2.2:
>
>Since the synopsis is a c
Hi.
Sven Luther wrote:
>> Also, you could remove the leading "an" from the short description,
>>as recommended by the developer's reference.
> Description: audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
> Mmm, doesn't sound all that descriptive.
But hardly because of the removal of the "an".
(i.e. what busi
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:37:09PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> >Also, you could remove the leading "an" from the short description,
> > as recommended by the developer's reference.
> Description: audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
It surely doesn't depend on the absence of the heading "an" :-)
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Ugh. Since when does the developer's reference recommend this? The
> article most definitely belongs...
It is in 6.2.2:
Since the synopsis is a clause, rather than a
full sentence, we recommend that it neither sta
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:37:09PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:26:32PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > > Yep, i took the one from the Quark 3.0 announce, which i suppose was the
> > > one of a previous version and should hav
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:26:32PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> > Yep, i took the one from the Quark 3.0 announce, which i suppose was the
> > one of a previous version and should have been replaced by the one from
> > the web site.
>
>Also, you cou
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
> Yep, i took the one from the Quark 3.0 announce, which i suppose was the
> one of a previous version and should have been replaced by the one from
> the web site.
Also, you could remove the leading "an" from the short description,
as recommended by th
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 03:58:44PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 03:21:51PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Quark is an audio player, for geeks, by geeks. It runs in the
> > background with access provided via a FIFO in the filesystem.
> > It uses GStreamer for playing
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 03:21:51PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> Quark is an audio player, for geeks, by geeks. It runs in the
> background with access provided via a FIFO in the filesystem.
> It uses GStreamer for playing music, and can therefore play any
> file format supported by GStreamer.
>
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-18
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: quark
Version : 3.0
Upstream Author : Ben Jansens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Moynes <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>, Nick Jansens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://quark.nerdnest.org/
* Lic
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