Bug#650137: Package description - wrong focus in standard boilerplate?
Package: exim4
Version: 4.76-3
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org
Dear Exim4 Maintainers,
thank you for maintaining Exim. This bug report is pure luxury. Usually
I file
them because they are inconsistent, because of typos or because of a lack of
information. This one is about possibly too much information.
What I remember from a glimpse to the "Developer's reference" is the
demand to
give the person having a look at the description some rationale whether to
install the package or not. The fourth paragraph of (1) has lots of Debian
specific information. IMHO the most important sentence there is "Please ...
only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure that your
question is not Debian-specific."
I suggest to shorten this paragraph and to give more information on Exim,
perhaps by borrowing from upstream (2):
Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) ... . In style it is similar
to Smail
3, but its facilities are more general. There is a great deal of
flexibility
in the way mail can be routed, and there are extensive facilities for
checking incoming mail. Exim can be installed in place of Sendmail,
although
the configuration of Exim is quite different.
Furthermore I have the impression that Exim is an important part of the
Debian
infrastructure. It's on my system and I'm quite shure not to have
installed it
separately.
My thougths on the content of some revised standard boilerplate:
Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA), similar in style to Smail
3, but with more general facilities. There is a great deal of flexibility
in the way mail can be routed, and there are extensive facilities for
checking incoming mail. It can replace Sendmail, but the configuration of
Exim is quite different.
Exim is a vital component of a standard Debian system, as it is used for
<... something I did find out yet>.
There is a lot of Debian specific infrastructure: <perhaps some links>.
Please only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure
that your question is not Debian-specific.
Kind regards,
Martin
1: http://ddtp.debian.net/ddt.cgi?desc_id=87133
2: http://www.exim.org/
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