* Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Your example lists: > > Package: foo > Description: <perform some function, do some task> <for > GNOME/KDE/WindowMaker/GNU/Linux> > foo is a <function> program, designed to help > you <task>. <more simple details about task>. Written for > the <environment>, it supports <feature1> and <feature2>. > [..] > . > <You can find more information about foo at http://www.foo.org.> > > It is a bad practice to repeat the package name as the first word in the > long description. > > Also the URL does not belong into the description but should be > placed in the debian/copyright file instead.
What if someone wants to visit the webpage before they install a package, to decide whether it's worth downloading or not (especially if their bandwidth is slow and expensive)? -- Josh Haberman Debian GNU/Linux developer