On Sun, 24 Oct 2010, Michael Scherer wrote: > Le dimanche 24 octobre 2010 à 00:59 +0200, Tux99 a écrit : > > > I 100% agree with that and this is something that the packagers really > > should do. What's the point in packaging up a great useful app, but then > > saving time on the description so nobody but a few insiders use it, > > because nobody know what it is for? > > > > Even I still come across packages I have never heard of and then wonder > > what they are for, immagine a newbie who doesn't really know any of the > > Linux apps by name. > > Well, writing better description is a task that do not requires > technical knowledge, and that any packagers could do, if people send a > patch.
Come on... the effort of adding a decent description is minimal for a packager, the effort for a normal user of making a patch is much higher, this is not a very friendly answer towards the users... > Since I never received anything for my own packages for this kind of > problem, shall I assume that my packages are fine ? I don't know which ones are your packages, this wasn't meant personally towards you or anyone specific, I don't think including a decent package description in all Mageia packages (each packager for their own packages) is such a bad or hard thing to ask for.
