Bug#587929: ITP: bombardier-core-1.00 -- Open Source Configuration management and package delivery (shared components)

[Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 09:00:34AM -0700, Peter Banka wrote:

> Thanks for your help. Hope this is what you're after. I'll be happy to
> answer any additional questions. If this goes okay, we'll submit three more
> packages for the components I described above.

My point is that the description should not be a sales pitch, but rather
an objective account of what the software can and cannot do. Think of it
from the point of view of the administrator tasked with deciding which
software to use -- most likely she won't care that this is the most
"flexible" solution, but rather whether it will get the job done.

While packages are a great way of reducing the time to install the
software, it still requires a lot of time to try out a particular piece
of software. I generally start with those that I know have the features
I require, which should be clear from the description.

   Simon