improving package descriptions (was: Bug#409367: ITP: iceape-locales -- language packs for Iceape)

[Alexander Schmehl <alexander@schmehl.info>]

[ removing -wnpp and the bug report from the CC list ] 
* Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> [070205 23:34]:

> > > Is there any particular reason for iceape-l10n-*  being a better
> > > name then iceape-locale-*? 
> > consistency. end users and dumb people like me like it when they don't
> > have to learn package naming schemes again and again for every group of
> > packages.
> > 
> > <dream>maybe, we can even have a consistency within all debian packages
> > for lenny (I don't care so much if it is *-i18n-* or *-l10n-*).</dream>
> <dream>not only for names but for short descriptions[1], or even better,
> long descriptions, too</dream>

> 1. "development files for libfoo", "libfoo -- development files",
> "Header files and static libraries for libfoo", "libfoo (development
> headers)", "libfoo (development package)", etc.

Wasn't there some time ago a project trying to improve package
descriptions?  Perhaps after the release would be the perfect time to
revive it?


Yours sincerely,
  Alexander