Re: Bug#169227: ITP: gtklsof -- GTK2 frontend for LiSt Open Files (lsof)
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 08:37:57PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Colin Walters wrote:
> > I would prefer if our descriptions didn't have technical terms like
> > "GTK2" so prominently listed, when it is not necessary. For someone
> > with technical knowledge, the fact that it uses GTK will be pretty
> > immediately obvious from the program name.
>
> I wholeheartedly agree. I've seen this type of thing done in package
> descriptions generally for UI toolkit and implementation language. Both
> might make sense in corner cases, but it generally doesn't matter enough
> to go in the description. And surely not a short description.
The use of a particular toolking (and a particular look and feel) is what
differentiates a lot of similar programs in Debian from one another, and
many people have a preference for a certain look and feel. I agree that it
doesn't belong in the short description, but it is useful to have it in the
description in many cases.
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- mdz
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