A random observation: Every day, a few ITP's come in to -devel, and
often their descriptions need work. If we can't even keep up with the
new packages entering the archive, we don't stand much chance of
catching up with the over 10,000 description backlog already in the archive.
And, I suspect it
Clément Stenac wrote:
> When several packages have more or less the same goal (in the news case,
> there are many news grabers and local servers), should their
> descriptions include a comparison to the other ones ?
I'd say yes: This information will be /very/ useful to the user.
>
> I don't th
Hello,
Sorry for not answering earlier.
> OK, I've summarized all (I think) of Policy's requirements on packages
> in the wiki page, together with a cite to the section it came from.
Thanks
> Also, I've completed "news", and would appreciate any feedback.
Please see the webpage for comments ...
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:52:52 -0400, Anthony DeRobertis
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> Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 08:30:51PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
>> They shouldn't be, as they're not supposed to be complete sentences
>> either (think of it as "package -- short des
Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 08:30:51PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> They shouldn't be, as they're not supposed to be complete sentences
> either (think of it as "package -- short description", as in "foo -- a
> program to do something", or even "foo -- do something")
Ye
OK, I've summarized all (I think) of Policy's requirements on packages
in the wiki page, together with a cite to the section it came from.
Also, I've completed "news", and would appreciate any feedback.
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Hello,
> You must update unreviewed description daily. Checked reviewed
> descriptions again and show changes to the reviewer, if the review ist
> not finished.
Ok, did that.
Thanks for your suggestions,
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 08:30:51PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> One more question: Was the question, should short descriptions be
> capitalized? ever decided?
They shouldn't be, as they're not supposed to be complete sentences
either (think of it as "package -- short description", as in "foo
Hello,
> One more question: Was the question, should short descriptions be
> capitalized? ever decided?
The policy does not answer this specific question.
Anyway, for such highly-repetitive and computer-detectable "errors",
it's not a good idea to mark the description as wrong here, it would
mak
One more question: Was the question, should short descriptions be
capitalized? ever decided?
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I've started reviewing the news section, and I'm noticing that I'm
running across descriptions which are OK as-is, but could be better. So
far, Iv'e put in a comment saying how I think it could be approved, but
am clicking "OK". Is that right?
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 04:08:10PM +0200, Clément Stenac wrote:
> > how will you handel changes in the description (from upstream, aka package
> > maintainer)?
>
> By comparing all descriptions when we are done. For packages which have
> a new descriptions, a manual review/merge will be needed.
N
Hello,
> how will you handel changes in the description (from upstream, aka package
> maintainer)?
By comparing all descriptions when we are done. For packages which have
a new descriptions, a manual review/merge will be needed.
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:32:18PM +0200, Clément Stenac wrote:
> > Someone suggested an announcement should be sent to
> > > d-d-a. What do you think ?
> >
> > Yes, go to it and find some reviewer.
>
> Will do...
>
> > Maybe you should add a 'get a random Description' link on your Page...
>
>
Hello,
> Someone suggested an announcement should be sent to
> > d-d-a. What do you think ?
>
> Yes, go to it and find some reviewer.
Will do...
> Maybe you should add a 'get a random Description' link on your Page...
I'm not sure it would be very good, because it's better to review
related p
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:23:26AM +0200, Clément Stenac wrote:
> > If you go to review all description, please check the technical parts
> > also.
>
> Sure, thanks for the reminder. I added it to the wiki page
Thanks
> I think the interface is now ready for the work to begin. However, very
> fe
Hello,
> If you go to review all description, please check the technical parts
> also.
Sure, thanks for the reminder. I added it to the wiki page
I think the interface is now ready for the work to begin. However, very
few people replied. Someone suggested an announcement should be sent to
d-d-a.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 08:55:23PM +0200, Clément Stenac wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Following the recent discussion about packages descriptions (see
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01074.html and later),
> and based on Lars Wirzenius' idea, I started working on preparing a
> general rev
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> 1) It seems that only two people can comment on an entry. If I see a
> problem that two other people have missed, I can't point it out.
Agreed. I'm going to add a freetext field in the packages detail page
for additional comments and a flag on the list page indicating wheth
Clément Stenac wrote:
> As explained on the wiki page, a web interface has been created to
> centralize all reviews. It is now working (though it still needs
> improvement and reporting capabilities) and available at
> http://zorglub.diwi.org/pkg-descriptions
> Please play with it and report any
Hello,
Following the recent discussion about packages descriptions (see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01074.html and later),
and based on Lars Wirzenius' idea, I started working on preparing a
general review of all package descriptions.
This of course represents quite a large am
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