On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:52:44 +0100 Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinlian@gmail.com> wrote: > >> * Package name : plum > > netconsole on many more products. The package name is far from being as > > specific as the package itself. General purpose names are (relatively) > > fine for general purpose programs. > Well, plum is an acronym for Python LaCie das U-Boot Milchkuh, I'm not > really good at giving names, if you have any idea, feel free to share. lucie-uboot lucie-uboot-netconsole IMHO python isn't that relevant but you could just py- into there somewhere. The point is that the name should reflect just how specific this package is to a single bootloader, a single method of that bootloader and a single set of products using that bootloader. A change of name should also involve retitling the ITP. > > The Description isn't suitable for a real package, it should at the > > very least refer to uboot and lacie. Whichever keyword doesn't get > > added to the package name needs to be in the short description. > The word U-Boot and LaCie are in the description already. > >> Description : plum is a command line tool used to interact with the > >> U-Boot netconsole of any LaCie product At 92 characters that is too far long for the *short* description and it repeats the (proposed) package name. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-synopsis The short description should be of the order of 50 characters. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.3.2 -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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