On 5/19/23 08:42, Benjamin Schollnick wrote:
*Top-posting? Really?
In that case, yes, because the conversion did not depend on what was
originally said. Unlike this conversation.
Actually, a very cursory look through the intarweb would have yielded
this -
And that’s the point, if you want to me to consider your package, I
should have some idea that it’s worth me investing more time into
seeing if it can help me. As I mentioned simply stating that it was a
“Tor Control management API” would have been enough for me to say
“That’s not helpful to me”. On the other hand if it said “Django
management API/Tool”, I would have gone to the git repository and
investigated.
Effectively, posting a release notification is an *advertisement for
the package*, as well as a notice saying “*Here’s some updates”.*
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When done correctly, it can bring more people to use your package /
software…
While there are one or two graphical package managers (yumex and
yumex-dnf that I know of), have a go at the cli manager(s) that may
live on your distro and see if you can get pkg info about it. If
you're not sure which one(s) you have, try these - Yum, Dnf, Rpm,Apt,
Apt-Get, Deb, pacman, dpkg, and zypper for starters. *dpkg is my
go-to pkgmgr of choice...
Also, the names of many linux-centric utility plugins, extensions,
and other goodies, while seemingly cryptic, are usually a prominent
clue as to what the package is used for. The world of *NIX has never
been for the faint of heart, but there are lots of very helping hands
in its communities... :)
This has nothing to do with package managers, this has to do with “Why
should I use this package” or “Should I use this package / software”.
If the release notes are being send to people that don’t already have
the package then it’s worth the couple of sentences or a short
paragraph to allow someone that is unfamiliar with the package to be
able to see if they should investigate the package.
Cryptic names maybe cute, but if they are not descriptive, then they
are not really that helpful other than being unique.
- Benjamin
Yeah - um - I get the impression that there is so much going on that
either I'm not qualified to respond to it, or I'd have to charge by the
hour to unravel it, I'm just gonna leave this right here...
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