Package: mimms Version: 0.0.9-1 Severity: minor I knew I had a tool to download MMS:// URLs, but I forgot it's name. So I decided to use `apropos mms` to find the program. This is my output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apropos mms
WMXMMS (1) [wmxmms] - a dockable XMMS control applet.
XMMS (1) [xmms] - an audio player for X.
mimms (1) - MiMMS isn't an MMS Message Sender
mmsitepass (8) - Set the Mailman site password, prompting from the
terminal.
wmxmms (1) - a dockable XMMS control applet.
xmms (1) - an audio player for X.
xmms-config (1) - script to get information about the installed version of
xmms
xmms-shell (1) - Command-line utility for controlling XMMS externally
mimms was the program I was looking for, but it only advertises itself
by describing what is not. I realize that this is a recursive
acronym, but shouldn't this part of the manpage be used for a short
description rather than repeating the program's name?
The DESCRIPTION from the manpage is quite descriptive, though:
NAME
mimms - MiMMS isn't an MMS Message Sender
[...]
DESCRIPTION
MiMMS, formerly called "mmsclient", is a simple client to
download streaming audio and/or video media from the internet
using the MMS protocol[...]
Can the NAME part of the manpage be changed to something like
"download streaming media via MMS protocol" so that it's helpful in a
search via apropos?
Regards,
Christian
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Versions of packages mimms depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libuuid1 1.37-2sarge1 universally unique id library
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....Christian.Garbs.....................................http://www.cgarbs.de
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