Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] >> I was wondering, should I make a mass filing of bugs for those packages >> who fail to produce a proper description? > [...] > > I doubt that just filing bugs without fix makes sense, OTOH > if you planned to submit 10 reports with "the description sucks, here > is better one - tags:patch" instead of 100 simply stating "the > description sucks", please go ahead. ;-) [...] I'd say that writing a meaningful package description is certainly the duty of the individual package maintainer. A package maintainer should usually have an idea of what his/her package is good for, while Javier would probably have to spend a lot more time to figure that out, at least for lesser known packages. I don't think that filing a bug saying that "Your extended package description does not meet Debian policy requirements. Please consider writing 4-5 lines to give sysadmins an idea what your package can do for them." means asking too much from a Debian maintainer. You don't have to write "Your package sucks", there certainly are more polite and less offensive ways. I would e.g. tell them that a nice description might motivate more people to use and install your package. And BTW: Thanks, Johannes