On Fri, 18 May 2007, Kevin Mark wrote: > As I mentioned, I dont think this information should be in every > package and probably would be useful for more desktop-users than > developers. I'd only suggest creating the infrastructure (presumably so > that it doesn't break anything in dpkg and would only be shown in > aptitude and synaptic) and then allow either the maintainer to add it or > allow users to contribute to it.
It would probably be enough then to just have it available in README.Debian and modify the p.d.o changelogs script to also extract README.Debian when it exists; allowing aptitude/synaptic et al. to show README.Debian like changelogs are shown now. This would allow explanations of appropriate length about the packages which are Recommends: and Suggests: (or anything else that people ask about) as well as any additional information that users may want to know about before installing. Plus, you'd have the advantage of being able to do this now instead of trying to jam more information into the control file which doesn't strictly need to be there. Don Armstrong -- The attackers hadn't simply robbed the bank. They had carried off everything portable, including the security cameras, the carpets, the chairs, and the light and plumbing fixtures. The conspirators had deliberately punished the bank, for reasons best known to themselves, or to their unknown controllers. They had superglued doors and shattered windows, severed power and communications cables, poured stinking toxins into the wallspaces, and concreted all of the sinks and drains. In eight minutes, sixty people had ruined the building so thouroughly that it had to be condemed and later demolished. -- Bruce Sterling, _Distraction_ p4 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]