On Tuesday 25 July 2006 13:54, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 13:30 +0200, Christoph Haas wrote: > > I'm open to suggestions. The importer that processes uploaded packages > > just takes into account the *.dsc and *.changes files AFAIK. None of > > them contain the one-line description of the package. I had to take > > the diff.gz (unless it's a native package) and extract the > > debian/control and parse it. Or perhaps "dpkg-source -x ...dsc" and > > then access > > $PKG/debian/control. Hmmm. Ideas? > > Actually, the .changes file does contain the short description: > > ------- > Maintainer: Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Changed-By: Thijs Kinkhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Description: > squirrelmail - Webmail for nuts > -------
Uhm, right. The weather is melting what's left of my brain. :) Damyan Ivanov meant the long description. And that is not contained in the .dsc or .changes file. So I believe the short description is sufficient to get an idea of what the package is doing at a glance. Christoph -- ~ ~ ".signature" [Modified] 1 line --100%-- 1,48 All -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
