Re: Bug#197907: ITP: quark -- an audio player, for geeks, by geeks.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:04:24AM -0600, Eric Schwartz wrote:
> On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 00:30 America/Denver, Sven Luther wrote:
> >I have almost a ready package, i just now need a fine short
> >description.
>
> How about:
>
> simple audio player with detachable GUI
Mmm,
> It's not perfect, I know. This sounds pretty nifty, actually, but hard
> to categorize.
Yep, altough the authors speak of anti-GUI audio-player, so i don't
know.
> >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.
>
> The other thing to remember is that the short description is just a
> hook. It doesn't have to mention every distinguishing feature of the
> package, or else xemacs would never have been uploaded. :) Just
> attempt something catchy (which my contribution isn't, really), and
> leave the full description for the appropriate section.
Yep, but then it is nice to have what distinguishes the package from
other similar one in the short description. Helps for choosing it when
doing and apt-cache search.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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