Bug#323042: diffstat: missing word in package description, redundant README

2005-08-16 Thread W. Borgert
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:23:02PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:49:04AM +, W. Borgert wrote: The README should be removed, as it is absolutely redundant, apart from the word filter :-) True, but it's an expected (and harmless) component from the upstream

Bug#323042: diffstat: missing word in package description, redundant README

2005-08-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:50:09AM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:23:02PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:49:04AM +, W. Borgert wrote: The README should be removed, as it is absolutely redundant, apart from the word filter :-) True, but

Bug#323042: diffstat: missing word in package description, redundant README

2005-08-16 Thread W. Borgert
Quoting Thomas Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't see a link to the discussion. The discussion started with this mail: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/08/msg00705.html It gives some examples of redundant content of README files. A random selection of sourceforge projects would

Bug#323042: diffstat: missing word in package description, redundant README

2005-08-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:50:09AM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:23:02PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:49:04AM +, W. Borgert wrote: The README should be removed, as it is absolutely redundant, apart from the word filter :-) True, but

Bug#323042: diffstat: missing word in package description, redundant README

2005-08-15 Thread Greg Norris
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:49:04AM +, W. Borgert wrote: The package description says: This program is a simple that reads the output of the 'diff' program, and produces a histogram of the total number of lines that were changed. It is useful for scanning a patch file to see which files

Bug#323042: diffstat: missing word in package description, redundant README

2005-08-14 Thread W. Borgert
Package: diffstat Version: 1.39-1 Severity: minor The package description says: This program is a simple that reads the output of the 'diff' program, and produces a histogram of the total number of lines that were changed. It is useful for scanning a patch file to see which files were changed.