Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: pidgin
Ubuntu Intrepid alpha 3
1. Open Add/Remove Applications.
2. Search for "pidgin".
3. Read Pidgin's description.
What you see:
Pidgin Internet Messenger
graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X
Pidgin is a graphical, modular Instant Messaging client capable of
using AIM/ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, Gadu-Gadu,
Bonjour, Groupwise, Sametime, SILC, and SIMPLE all at once.
Some extra packages are recommended to use the core functionality present
in most pidgin installations:
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
- Sound support.
More extra packages are suggested to use increased functionality:
* gnome-panel | kicker | docker:
- To use the system tray icon functionality (minimizing to an icon,
having the icon blink when there are new messages, etc.)
* evolution-data-server:
- For interfacing with an Evolution address book
* libsqlite3-0:
- To use Contact Availability Prediction plugin
What you should see: A description that
* helps end users decide whether they want to install the program
* does not refer to "the core functionality present in most pidgin
installations" (how am I supposed to know what that means?)
* does not use the phrase "more extra"
* does not refer to other packages by name, because searching Add/Remove
Applications for those other packages does not find them, and because that's
what Suggests and Recommends are for;
* does not use the phrase "system tray" (there's no such thing in Ubuntu).
A useful description might mention features Pidgin has that other IM
programs do not, such as buddy pounces and plug-ins.
** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Pidgin description in Add/Remove Applications is overly geeky
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259793
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