On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:25:53AM +0200, David Paleino wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:50:20 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 09:55:30AM +0300, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > > > It builds these binary packages: > > > twms - tiny WMS service > > > > What is a "web map service"? > > It's a common technology used in the GIS world -- it lets you download > georeferenced images from a server given coordinates, image format and other > parameters. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service . > > I don't believe the acronym should be expanded, since it's a very technical > package, not for the everyday-user.
On the contrary, it should definitely be expanded -- you're not exactly desperate for space in your short description, and if someone searches for "web map service" instead of "WMS", this way you'll catch their search. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100630090333.gd19...@hezmatt.org