On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:09:38PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 07:07:56PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > > > >> Package: fbpanel > >> Severity: minor > >> > >> Current description reads: > >> > >> Description: A lightweight X11 desktop panel > >> FBPanel is a spinoff of the fspanel (f***ing small panel) with more > >> eye > >> candy. It provides a taskbar (list of all opened windows), desktop > >> switcher, launchbar, clock, is EWMH/NETWM compliant, and has modest > >> resource usage. > >> > >> SUGGESTED CHANGE > >> > >> Description: A lightweight X11 desktop panel (GTK2) > >> FBPanel is a spinoff of the fspanel (f***ing small panel) with more > >> eye > >> candy. It provides a taskbar (list of all opened windows), desktop > >> switcher, launchbar, clock, is EWMH/NETWM compliant, and has modest > >> resource usage. > >> > >> When searching for light weight programs for older machines via > >> > >> apt-cache search <pattern> > >> > >> There is big difference between Xlib, GTK1, GTK2, Gnome. Using instructive > >> title helps to concentrate on those interested. > > > > This information is provided by the depends line. If you're technical > > enough to know that you do/don't want a GTK2-based panel, then you're > > technical enough to work out how to search on the depends. > > > > I'm not keen on cluttering up the description of the package with what is, > > to most users, irrelevant information. > > Most people looking for prospective packages do > > apt-get seach <pattern> | less
apt-get has neither a 'seach' nor a 'search' command. apt-cache does. > IT would have helped there, because the search is done for firts line > information. Actually, apt-cache search searches over the entire description. But most people aren't going to care about what a program is implemented in, and won't have the technical knowledge to properly evaluate whether a GTK2 implementation of a particular concept is going to suit their needs or not, before they try it. People knowledgeable enough to say "I definitely need a GTK2 lightweight panel" or "I can't have anything that needs GTK2" are going to be knowledgeable enough to use grep-dctrl. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
