Bug#159919: ITP: agt -- Console frontend for iptables
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 11:06:13AM +0300, Yotam Rubin wrote:
> Hm, isn't iptables a console frontend for iptables? Perhaps you mean
> an ncurses frontend? Additionally, you should add a long description,
> "Console frontend for iptables" just doesn't cut it.
Hm, iptables is just an interface to netfilter, with no form of configuration
file(s) whatsoever. When compared to similar programs like 'ipf', you'll
notice how much nicer 'ipf' is to use -- the reason I wrote agt.
AGT isn't ncurses based, just console, but has been around for a while,
and has recently been completely rewritten -- It now behaves much like
'ipf' on *BSD, with similar syntax in the configuration.
The reason I added such a short description was due to 'reportbug' asking
for a 'brief' and 'short' package description. Other packages have similar
length descriptions.
How about:
agt -- Iptables front-end with ipf-like configuration syntax
I would check other package descriptions before telling someone that
their description 'just doesn't cut it'.
Two examples taken from packages.debian.org:
apt -- Advanced front-end for dpkg
util-linux -- Miscellaneous system utilities
I imagine those descriptions 'cut it' :)
--
Andy ;)
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