On Dec 16, 2007 9:44 PM, Guus Sliepen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 09:28:58PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: > > > > > Author: yetist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > The author should not be mentioned in the long description. > > > > > Hmmm, some other packages also put author in description (e.g. > > zh-autoconvert). > > > > Why It should not be put here? > > The Debian policy only mentions this about the long description: "The > extended description should describe what the package does and how it > relates to the rest of the system (in terms of, for example, which > subsystem it is which part of)." Of course, it does not forbid including > the name of the author. But maybe it is better to include a Homepage: > field in the debian/control file, that way people who want to know more > about a package than just a description of what it does can find out > much more information, including the name of the author. > This package is rather small, and he has no homepage. The upstream author put it at a public download place[1]. I have mention this download place in copyright file.
[1] http://tel.linuxfans.org/nuke/modules.php?name=Site_Downloads&op=geninfo&did=4892 -- Best Regards, LI Daobing -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]