* Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060812 14:00]: > > No need to mention the competitors, really.
I strongly disagree. While an individual upstream author may have competitive feelings towards other software that provides similar functionality, one of Debian's primary priorities is its users (as opposed to its upstream authors). The Debian community recognizes that different software that provide the same basic functionality may each have their own advantages and disadvantages, and providing more than one package with similar functionality is usually a "Good Thing". If you are going to provide two subtitle editors (for example), knowing the pros and cons of each helps the users (me, for one!) decide which one (or more) best suits my needs. Listing specific (important) differences from other specifically named packages in the package description is extremely helpful to me (and, presumably, other users). Also, it impresses me when a package description says something like "if you need feature X, you are better off with package M, but this package provides feature Y which package M doesn't have." ...Marvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
