On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 11:45, David D.W. Downey wrote: > Why should it matter if another package provides the same services. maybe > people don't wnat to use that particular package? I should of been clearer: I wasn't objecting to it being packaged, just asking a question. And hopefully suggesting something to consider when writing the package description. Also, in general, we can't assume the ITPer (or anyone!) is familiar with all of Debian's 10K packages, and all their uses. Pointing out packages which appear to do the same thing allows the ITPer to consider if the other package meets his needs (thus saving him time), how his package is different from other offerings (leading to description improvements), and maybe even a sharing of code and ideas between the two projects. (Note "how does this compare..." and "everything mentioned"; not "is bloat" and "same as wget".)
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