Re: Bug#456519: ITP: pystock -- watch Chinese stock stats
On Dec 16, 2007 9:44 PM, Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 09:28:58PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote:
>
> > > > Author: yetist <yetist@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > The author should not be mentioned in the long description.
> > >
> > Hmmm, some other packages also put author in description (e.g. zh-autoconvert).
> >
> > Why It should not be put here?
>
> The Debian policy only mentions this about the long description: "The
> extended description should describe what the package does and how it
> relates to the rest of the system (in terms of, for example, which
> subsystem it is which part of)." Of course, it does not forbid including
> the name of the author. But maybe it is better to include a Homepage:
> field in the debian/control file, that way people who want to know more
> about a package than just a description of what it does can find out
> much more information, including the name of the author.
>
This package is rather small, and he has no homepage. The upstream
author put it at a public download place[1]. I have mention this
download place in copyright file.
[1] http://tel.linuxfans.org/nuke/modules.php?name=Site_Downloads&op=geninfo&did=4892
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Best Regards,
LI Daobing
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