Re: [RFR] Description of new tcltrf package
Sergei Golovan wrote:
> I'm preparing new tcltrf package for Debian and asking someone to
> review its description.
My I-Am-Not-A-Tcl-Programmer warning still applies, of course.
> Package: tcltrf
...
> Description: Tcl data transformations library (runtime)
Should this be:
Description: Tcl data transformations - runtime library
And
Description: Tcl data transformations - development files
...or am I garbling it?
> This package contains an extension to Tcl, which provides various
Again s/, which/which/ before a definition.
When you talk about "this package", do you really mean the Trf
library?
> data transformations. The collection of provided transformation
> procedures includes:
> * generation of message digests (hash values, checksums): MD2,
> MD5, SHA/SHS, SHA-1, HAVAL, RIPEMD-128, -160, CRC (polynomial
> used by PGP), ADLER (based upon zlib);
Google says it's an "Adler" hash rather than an "ADLER" hash.
Unless this is capitalised for some reason specific to Tcl?
> * conversion from and to various data encodings: dual, octal,
> hexadecimal representation, uuencoding, base64-encoding,
> ASCII85-encoding;
"Conversion to and from" is more idiomatic. "Dual" is "binary"; and
I'll shuffle the order slightly.
> * a Reed-Solomon error correcting coder;
Google doesn't believe in this expression, but I'm not sure what's
correct. Maybe "an error-correcting Reed-Solomon encoder/decoder"?
> * compression/decompression based on zlib and libbz2.
>
> This package contains runtime library to be used in Tcl programs.
> .
> Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
Modified as in memchan.
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
--- tcltrf.old 2007-05-30 15:03:53.000000000 +0100
+++ tcltrf.jbr 2007-05-30 15:24:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,42 +3,42 @@
Architecture: any
Section: libs
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, tcl8.4 | tclsh
-Description: Tcl data transformations library (runtime)
- This package contains an extension to Tcl, which provides various
+Description: Tcl data transformations - runtime library
+ This package contains an extension to Tcl which provides various
data transformations. The collection of provided transformation
procedures includes:
* generation of message digests (hash values, checksums): MD2,
MD5, SHA/SHS, SHA-1, HAVAL, RIPEMD-128, -160, CRC (polynomial
- used by PGP), ADLER (based upon zlib);
- * conversion from and to various data encodings: dual, octal,
- hexadecimal representation, uuencoding, base64-encoding,
- ASCII85-encoding;
- * a Reed-Solomon error correcting coder;
+ used by PGP), Adler (based upon zlib);
+ * conversion to and from various data encodings: uuencoding,
+ base64-encoding, or ASCII85-encoding, and binary, octal, or
+ hexadecimal representation;
+ * an error-correcting Reed-Solomon encoder/decoder;
* compression/decompression based on zlib and libbz2.
.
- This package contains runtime library to be used in Tcl programs.
+ This package contains the runtime library to be used in Tcl programs.
.
- Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
+ Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
Package: tcltrf-dev
Architecture: any
Section: libdevel
Depends: tcltrf (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Tcl data transformations library (development files)
- This package contains an extension to Tcl, which provides various
+Description: Tcl data transformations - development files
+ This package contains an extension to Tcl which provides various
data transformations. The collection of provided transformation
procedures includes:
* generation of message digests (hash values, checksums): MD2,
MD5, SHA/SHS, SHA-1, HAVAL, RIPEMD-128, -160, CRC (polynomial
- used by PGP), ADLER (based upon zlib);
- * conversion from and to various data encodings: dual, octal,
- hexadecimal representation, uuencoding, base64-encoding,
- ASCII85-encoding;
- * a Reed-Solomon error correcting coder;
+ used by PGP), Adler (based upon zlib);
+ * conversion to and from various data encodings: uuencoding,
+ base64-encoding, or ASCII85-encoding, and binary, octal, or
+ hexadecimal representation;
+ * an error-correcting Reed-Solomon encoder/decoder;
* compression/decompression based on zlib and libbz2.
.
- This package contains files to be used for development of C-based extensions,
- which use Trf library.
+ This package contains files to be used for development of C-based
+ extensions which use the Trf library.
.
- Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
+ Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
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Package: tcltrf
Architecture: any
Section: libs
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, tcl8.4 | tclsh
Description: Tcl data transformations - runtime library
This package contains an extension to Tcl which provides various
data transformations. The collection of provided transformation
procedures includes:
* generation of message digests (hash values, checksums): MD2,
MD5, SHA/SHS, SHA-1, HAVAL, RIPEMD-128, -160, CRC (polynomial
used by PGP), Adler (based upon zlib);
* conversion to and from various data encodings: uuencoding,
base64-encoding, or ASCII85-encoding, and binary, octal, or
hexadecimal representation;
* an error-correcting Reed-Solomon encoder/decoder;
* compression/decompression based on zlib and libbz2.
.
This package contains the runtime library to be used in Tcl programs.
.
Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
Package: tcltrf-dev
Architecture: any
Section: libdevel
Depends: tcltrf (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: Tcl data transformations - development files
This package contains an extension to Tcl which provides various
data transformations. The collection of provided transformation
procedures includes:
* generation of message digests (hash values, checksums): MD2,
MD5, SHA/SHS, SHA-1, HAVAL, RIPEMD-128, -160, CRC (polynomial
used by PGP), Adler (based upon zlib);
* conversion to and from various data encodings: uuencoding,
base64-encoding, or ASCII85-encoding, and binary, octal, or
hexadecimal representation;
* an error-correcting Reed-Solomon encoder/decoder;
* compression/decompression based on zlib and libbz2.
.
This package contains files to be used for development of C-based
extensions which use the Trf library.
.
Homepage: http://tcltrf.sourceforge.net/
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