For the case where a package has many executable files could we do something along these lines:
"This package contains 13 executables" Show | Hide On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael Vogt wrote on 08/03/11 08:24: > >... > > Matthew McGowan put up this branch that displays what binaries are in > > a application if it does not provide a desktop file. I really like > > this feature and I think its quite useful (and applies to technical > > items only so we can assume that its only seen by people interessted > > in this sort of details). > > > > What do you guys think about it? It should be small enough to get a > > exception for natty. > >... > > I like this idea. The wording needs a bit of work though. > > Instead of > > Vim-tiny does not provide an application launcher, however, it does > include the following executables: > > /usr/bin/vim.tiny > > I suggest > > This program is run from a terminal: /usr/bin/vim.tiny > > I also suggest limiting this only to packages that have, say, six or > fewer executables. > > These programs are run from a terminal: apport-cli, apport-unpack, > apport-bug, apport-collect, ubuntu-bug > > That way we avoid the case where the coreutils executable list swamps > the description. > > As a general point, anywhere you are tempted to capitalize the first > letter of a package name, please treat that as a clue that you should be > either using either the title or short name instead > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#software-title>, or redesigning > to avoid using any identifier at all. > > Thanks > - -- > mpt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2ImwUACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecr1TwCgzwOoOQBFbMbRSDIVbZh+igAE > spMAoMZtCTB66BzIBgtd2sFF2gfBNE+s > =66PD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~software-store-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~software-store-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- >From the mind of me!
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