Re: Bug#166636: ITP: xfce4-utils -- Various tools for XFce
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 05:58:19PM +0100, Martin Loschwitz wrote:
> > No, please put an actual, useful, description in *each* of the packages,
> > along with details about what that particular package contains, and why
> > I might want to install it. At present, none of the Debian package tools
> > provide a good way to cross-reference stuff from the description.
>
> Do you really think it's worth to bloat up a package description just for
> bloating it up?
No, it's not done spuriously, it's done so that the package's description is
understandable without chasing the descriptions of a number of other
packages. You're not writing the description for yourself but for the
(potential) users of the package, remember? :p
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