On Sat, 16 May 2026 19:12:28 +0000 Stefan Kropp <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: wnpp
Im giving some comments on this as a package - im sure you will get lots of feedback about the "blend" > * Package name : debian-marlin I think it is confusing for users to have the package and blend named the same thing I suggest debian-marlin-all or debian-marlin-documentation, depending on what the package is -- i couldnt tell from the description > Version : 0.1.0 > Upstream Contact: Stefan Kropp <[email protected]> > * URL : https://salsa.debian.org/StefanKropp/debian-marlin/ > * License : GPL-3 just as example - is this the license of the blend? (clearly not!) > Programming Lang: - > Description : Debian Pure Blend for desktop / end-users the "end user" is business jargon that is confusing for non-it people. it also adds little, and is technically incorrect - all users are "end users", and not every "end user" is a desktop user if your aim is desktop users you will want to make things a lot clearer! > > Goal: Debian Marlin shall be a Debian for end users to run > Debian on Desktop / Laptops. laptops?? so i cant use it on my tablet? this seems a bit 1990s? (also, i dont think this is actually your "goal": this seems more like an implementaiton detail. your goal is probably more like making something "easier to use" / "looks good" / "good performance", etc) >The system shall provide a set of > pre-installed applications for daily use. "normal" debian already does this. Is this package a metapackage? > My idea is to provide a > set of documentation and tools to get familiarize with Debian > GNU/Linux. But this sentence makes it sound like documentation. and missing a d in "familiarized" > "Getting started with Debian GNU/Linux" > > Debian Marlin Desktop use Xfce4 as desktop environment it's confusing to use "desktop" to mean the gui envitonment here, but hardware above > and > includes applications like evolution, libreoffice, a digital > photo organizer, ebook reader, chat application, audio- and > video-player, also tools like password manager, backup tool and > financial-accounting. "includes" isnt clear (and isnt technically correct unless this is a huge package): do you mean that installing this package brings in different/more applications to task-xfce4-desktop? I also wonder whether your selection of tools is really want "end users" want installed -- an ebook reader but no web browser? > > Under the hood, there should be all important lib / system tools > provided for daily use (e.g. gvfs-backends, cups-filters, > avahi,...). An end user is going to find this quite baffling - we dont consider any lib[raries?] as "provided for daily use", and are gvfs-backend, cups-files, avahi really examples of ....anything helpful? - and they are all in debian already: what is this blend/package doing that task-xfce-desktop doesnt?
