Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06 2009, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
>
>> Debian packages should probably have some kind of post-installation
>> read-me file to tell you essential things about an installed package
>> (e.g, the commands now available; the manual/info/etc. pages now
>> avaible; daemons automatically started, or what remaining steps you
>> need to perform manually before starting the daemon automatically.)
> 
>> Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those
>> latter kinds of information.  If it did, that place could also hold
>> an indication of any daemons started (or installed but pending further
>> configuration) by installing a package.
> 
>         This is what the package description  is about, no? 

No, it's not.  The package description is much more superfical than that.


Daniel
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