Bug#666669: libcmis: description is short on details

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 08:12:39PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:

Debian Policy specifies that a long description should provide enough
information for the administrator to determine whether to install the
package. libcmis talks about the CMIS interface, but fails to explain

I have yet to see a admin who goes over the whole package list and installs
stuff from there (especially when it comes to libs)

what CMIS is or why I might want to interface with it. Perhaps some
additional text might be useful here.

http://www.google.com/search?q=CMIS, first link.

[ bascially just packaged because LibreOffice started to use it ]

Regards,

Rene



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On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:47:49PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 08:12:39PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> Debian Policy specifies that a long description should provide enough
> information for the administrator to determine whether to install the
> package. libcmis talks about the CMIS interface, but fails to explain

I have yet to see a admin who goes over the whole package list and installs
stuff from there (especially when it comes to libs)

I do go through different categories when I need to find an appropriate
package. I also like to see what functionality is being installed on my
system as a dependency. In some cases, the dependency is excessive (a
full JRE instead of a headless JRE), unneeded (a dependency on gawk that
works fine with mawk), or something I just don't want on my system
(php). I like to be able to make a quick assessment of what's on my
system, and having a complete package description is useful for that.

> what CMIS is or why I might want to interface with it. Perhaps some
> additional text might be useful here.

http://www.google.com/search?q=CMIS, first link.

Yes, I understand that I can use Google to find the information (and I
did, in fact, do that before I filed the bug), but I should not have to
do that when I'm using aptitude. As an example of something I think
would be sufficient, I've provided the following sentence:

CMIS stands for Content Management Interoperability Services, a
standard for manipulating document management systems.

[ bascially just packaged because LibreOffice started to use it ]

I figured that.

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