Le Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 05:55:20PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > > Is there anyone other than yourself who is actually unhappy > about markdown/ReST?
Hi all, hi Andreas, In the end, I do not think that it is a good idea to do typesetting in long descriptions. In the packages I maintain, I will remove itemized and ordered lists if there are. This will solve Andreases problem. In none of the packages I maintain I have found any need for italics, bold, understrike or other sophisticated typographical features. URLs could be an exception, but the only user request I had about this was for having them in the “External Resources:” section of the packages.debian.org page. I do not oppose the use of any markup, but given that nobody is stepping up for doing some real work apart from Andreas, I suggest that we settle on a simple recommendation about bullet lists to be put in the Developers Reference. If we do not agree, we can alternatively go the wishlist patch way: Andreas is working on a website to present the packages that are installed in Debian Pure Blends. When we notice that a package description of package we recommend is difficult to format nicely, we can send a whishlist patch to the BTS. We will then see if these patches are welcome, and maybe will start a trend. For the moment, I have the feeling that we are fighting resistance from developpers whose packages are not an issue for us anyway. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
