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Re: Bug#1031634: ITP: gum -- A tool for glamourous shell scripts



On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 09:01:56AM -0700, Scarlett Moore wrote:
>   Description     : A tool for glamourous shell scripts
> 
> A tool for glamorous shell scripts. Leverage the power of Bubbles and
> Lip Gloss in your scripts and aliases without writing any Go code!

This long description does not provide users with enough information to
understand what the package does. What are "Bubbles" and "Lip Gloss" in
a shell script? What is a "glamourous shell script"?

It would be helpful if the package's long description satisfied §3.4.2
of the Debian Policy Manual [0]:

    The description field needs to make sense to anyone, even people who
    have no idea about any of the things the package deals with. [3]

    [...]

    [3] The blurb that comes with a program in its announcements and/or
    README files is rarely suitable for use in a description. It is
    usually aimed at people who are already in the community where the
    package is used.

Best wishes,
Ryan

[0] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#the-extended-description

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