Re: [devel-ref, draft 2] homepage in description
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:57:51AM +0100, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote:
> I think we don't really need the Screenshot [...]
I agree. It's even *less* useful than Author, which I also don't
think we need.
> Upstream source [...] information [is] already available
The "Homepage" is not necessarily the same as upstream source. I
think of a homepage as somewhere I can go to get more information
before deciding if I want to install the package. It could be a
completely different site. Some small projects can't afford their own
ftp space, but do have a small web-page, usually created by the
author, and hosted by his ISP. So the source will be on some big
system, like Sunsite or similar, completely unrelated to the
"Homepage" site.
I have to admit, I do like when a package description lists a
homepage. I'm planning to start adding this to my own packages soon.
But as for the others, I really don't see the point.
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