On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 08:54:53PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Suggested replacement text: > > > | Description: Samba client libraries > > > | The Samba software suite implements the SMB/CIFS protocol, providing > > > | cross-platform support for Windows-style network shares. > > > | . > > > | This package provides a library for client applications that talk to > > > | Microsoft Windows (or Samba) servers.
> > Counter-proposal: > > Description: shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers > > This package provides a shared library that enables client applications > > to talk to Microsoft Windows and Samba servers using the SMB/CIFS > > protocol. > > Again, I don't see why we should care about a boilerplate "what is Samba" > > explanation here. > As with libpam-smbpass, I'd be happy enough to settle for that, but > I'd still like to see the suite name somewhere in the name+synopsis: > Description: shared library for communication with Samba servers That's not accurate. It's a shared library for communicating with *all* SMB/CIFS servers, of which Samba is one implementation. There are plenty of inaccuracies in the current descriptions, but if we're going to the effort of changing them, I want the resulting descriptions to be accurate. :) In this case, I don't see that mentioning Samba matters at all; end users won't need to install it directly, they'll just install a package that depends on it, and developers will look for it by the library name and not by the name 'samba'. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]