Re: Bug#421107: ITP: torbutton -- iceweasel/icedove extension enabling 1-click toggle of Tor usage
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On 04/28/07 19:58, Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Ron Johnson said:
>> On 04/28/07 13:28, Greg Folkert wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 15:45 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
>>>> Le Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:16:29PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio a
>>>> écrit :
>>>>> Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jérémy Bobbio"
>>>>> <lunar@debian.org>
>>>>>
>>>>> Torbutton is a 1-click way for Iceweasel/Icedove users to
>>>>> enable or disable the browser's use of Tor.
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> maybe you can remind what Tor is ?
>>> http://tor.eff.org/
>> Full Descriptions usually (should) still have such a blurb in
>> them.
>
> We don't need to describe in excrutiating detail every aspect of
> every package. If someone doesn't know what Tor is, they're
> probably not the target audience, in the same way that you don't
> have to have an RFC like description of snmp to know that
> snmpwalk is not the package you're looking for.
Codswallop!
Asking for a blurb describing Tor can not remotely be interpreted as
wanting "excrutiating detail (of) every aspect of" Tor.
Something simple like this blurb is all that is needed:
Tor helps to anonymize your internet usage.
> I agree that where possible, we should be clear in the package
> descriptions. However, given that some subset of software is
> aimed at a fairly esoteric userbase, pretending that it's
> intended for general use is fairly silly.
More (this time elitist) codswallop.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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