Re: Bug#64197: dict-vera: imore definitions
Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
> The vera package is supposed to be about acronyms, and the only
> one of these that is an acronym is NMU.
Ah, I see.
> However, IMHO, these are all
> worthy of being available in a convenient form for Debian users and
> members. I don't share your concern about the special meaning of
> `upstream', since the definitions, like the Debian specific acronyms,
> would be flagged as such.
>
> I could add these to dict-vera, and make the package description
> read something like "a dictionary of computer-related acronyms and
> Debian specific definitions", or I could make a separate package.
> Unless someone has a lot more Debian specific definitions to suggest,
> it would be a very small package.
I really find it hard to belive we'll find or make up more than 3x as many
as I gave, on the high side.
I don't know if polluting dict-vera is a good idea. Now that I think
about it, dict-foldoc might be a better candidate.
--
see shy jo
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