retitle 292481 Collaborative repository of package meta-information is needed reassign 292481 project thanks
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Artur Górniak wrote: > I think that it will be much of use to add: > Screenshot(s): http_path > to deb package description for graphical package handling programs. > > More description. > > Screenshot: or Screenshots: will have link to http address with pictures > describing how the program looks like for example: > http://screenshots.debian.org/kde/konqueror/shots.html > or > http://screenshots.debian.org/games/gnurobbo/robbo.png I really think that such information should not be stored in the Debian package itself. If you have a centralized solution like you describe, there's no point to have a link in the package itself. Furthermore we don't want to push even more responsibilities on the shoulder of the maintainers and this topic is a perfect example where user are best placed to provide significant screenshots for the packages that they use. That said, there's a real need for this kind of meta-information about the packages and we even drafted http://wiki.debian.org/CRMI during Debconf6. But nobody has yet decided to champion that project. I'm thus reaffecting this to "project" just in case someone watching this pseudo-package has some interest in implementing such an infrastructure. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
