Re: description writing guide
* Martin Schulze (joey@infodrom.org) wrote:
> Your example lists:
>
> Package: foo
> Description: <perform some function, do some task> <for GNOME/KDE/WindowMaker/GNU/Linux>
> foo is a <function> program, designed to help
> you <task>. <more simple details about task>. Written for
> the <environment>, it supports <feature1> and <feature2>.
> [..]
> .
> <You can find more information about foo at http://www.foo.org.>
>
> It is a bad practice to repeat the package name as the first word in the
> long description.
>
> Also the URL does not belong into the description but should be
> placed in the debian/copyright file instead.
What if someone wants to visit the webpage before they install a package,
to decide whether it's worth downloading or not (especially if their
bandwidth is slow and expensive)?
--
Josh Haberman
Debian GNU/Linux developer
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