Re: Bug#197907: ITP: quark -- an audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:12:37PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Anthony DeRobertis (asd@suespammers.org) [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
> > insert "FIFO controlled" before "audio player."
>
> Or better, "FIFO-controlled", so it doesn't read like a past-tense
> sentence fragment about FIFO having controlled an audio player.
I have almost a ready package, i just now need a fine short description.
The upstream author is not so happy about the FIFO controlled stuff,
since it sounds as if using quark is difficult. The main advantages of
quark are :
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 current X session, which is rather nice.
I was thinking of something along the lines of :
Description: simple audio player which does not clutter the desktop
But this still doesn't sound quite right, and doesn't mention the second
advantage, which is a bit difficult to express in a simple phrase
anyway.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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