Bug#185364: debian-policy: project url's should be required for each apt-cache package description
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 07:32:29PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> The thing I really worry about with promoting urls in descriptions is
> that they will come to substitute for good descriptions. Which will make
> it far harder to find a package, even if you happen to have a net
> connection at the time. This is why I can back proposals for fields that
> link directly to a screenshot, and why I feel very iffy about general
> urls.
That would be trying to solve a social problem with a technical solution,
really :) People will find ways to screw up a description even if you give
them only a screen shot link and ban a home page link.
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