Re: Review required for dmaths package
Hi Justin,
> Oddly, I don't seem to have received a copy, but I saw the post in
> the lists.d.o archive.
>
>> I am the maintainer of the package dmaths
>> (http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dmaths.html).
>
> (Binary package name "libreoffice-dmaths".)
>
>> I'm working on a new version of the package for update to a new
>> upstream relase and closing the bug report
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620942.
>>
>> The description field for control file is this:
>>
>> Formula editor improvements for LibreOffice
>
> That doesn't make it obvious that this package provides a plug-in (or
> add-on or extension or whatever they call it) rather than a separate
> app comparable to libreoffice-writer or libreoffice-math.
>
>> Dmaths is software that integrates with the (free) office suites
>
> That was "un logiciel", right? Package descriptions don't need to
> mention the fact that they're software. Besides, in main, freeness
> can be taken for granted as the default.
>
>> LibreOffice and NeoOffice for Mac OS X. It aids scientists and other
>
> The Debian package libreoffice-dmaths only integrates with software
> that can be installed alongside it - and if you were going to mention
> NeoOffice you might as well mention OpenOffice and StarOffice too.
>
>> people who wish to edit mathematical formulas, directly uses your
>> favorite drawing software and incorporates function graphs in a
>> document.
Yes, everything that your say is true. I take the package and let the
description as it was before.
>
> That's not great... going back to the original:
>
> # Dmaths est un logiciel qui s'intègre aux suites bureautiques [...]
> # et qui facilite l'édition de formules mathématiques et/ou
> # scientifiques. Il permet également d'utiliser directement votre
> # logiciel de dessin préféré et d'incorporer des graphes de fonctions
> # dans un document.
>
> ...I'd suggest:
>
> Description: formula editing plug-in for LibreOffice Writer
> This package integrates with LibreOffice to simplify the editing of
> mathematical and scientific formulas. It also allows you to use your
> favorite drawing software and include graphs of functions into a
> document.
>
> Or since it's talking about things like dia, not xpaint, maybe:
>
> Description: formula editing toolbar for LibreOffice Writer
> This package integrates with LibreOffice to simplify the editing of
> mathematical and scientific formulas. It also lets you import graphs
> of functions made in external diagram editors.
>
Ok. To my I like most the first description. If there are no further
suggestions I put the first.
> (It's odd that we're using en_US spellings when the package's name is
> en_GB! Does the "D" stand for one of the developer names?)
I do not know: it is possible!
Thank you for your collaboration.
Regards!
I. De Marchi
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