On 11:57 Wed 24 Aug , Daniel da Veiga wrote: > You know bud, read some rules, be polite. > > "If you have nothing good to say, say NOTHING!". > > Do you really THINK before replying? Have you added something to the > question? Care more about WHAT people write than WHERE is it written, > you'll be more happy. Comments like yours are good for old usenet > users, and pointless today. >
I told him how to stop top posting though. I also told him that some of the information he had given was incorrect. I was just dumbfounded by his stupidity, sorry. > To the point, I never really had to read long descs provided at the > website to have a good glance on what the program is, the fact that > the desc showed in emerge -s is short doesn't make it less clear, in > fact, it has all that matters. People searching with emerge usually > KNOW what they're looking for. > Some of them are better/clearer/more informative than others, but I guess that that's a separate issue. > On the other hand, it wouldn't hurt to have a long description of the > app somewhere available offline (like the universal CD, for example). > I'm pretty sure they can use the same system of the website to provide > this offline (but is it worth the trouble?). > The ones that are available are available 'offline' (i.e. in the portage tree), as stated earlier in this thread. Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
