On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:17:30PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> However, we need to understand that some maintainers are quite enamored
> of their crap descriptions and will not change them without the weight
> of policy bearing down.
This doesn't strike me as true, and even if it is, it's not
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 05:19:21PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> I *do* think that whoever is maintaining "how to make debian packages"
> tutorials would be well advised to include or reference Branden's write
> up, though.
I have no objection to this. Lousy package descriptions have long been
(Sorry to come in late and revive this; I was out of town.)
Since there doesn't seem to be consensus on this topic, I thought I'd
weigh in with my opinion (worth every cent you paid for it). I like most
of Branden's proposals/points/guidelines, but none[1] of them belong in
policy. This is the beg
Hi,
>>"Sebastian" == Sebastian Rittau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sebastian> Currently, most package start the short package
Sebastian> description with a capital letter, but some don't. Also,
Sebastian> some short descriptions end with a period, some don't. I
Sebastian> think, policy state, w
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