Thanks very much for the feedback. I'm happy to follow your advice 100%. Just not clear what I should do next. Shall I re-submit the ITP with the more "down to earth" description that I sent in the previous email?
Regards, --Peter On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Simon Richter <s...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 09:00:34AM -0700, Peter Banka wrote: > > > Thanks for your help. Hope this is what you're after. I'll be happy to > > answer any additional questions. If this goes okay, we'll submit three > more > > packages for the components I described above. > > My point is that the description should not be a sales pitch, but rather > an objective account of what the software can and cannot do. Think of it > from the point of view of the administrator tasked with deciding which > software to use -- most likely she won't care that this is the most > "flexible" solution, but rather whether it will get the job done. > > While packages are a great way of reducing the time to install the > software, it still requires a lot of time to try out a particular piece > of software. I generally start with those that I know have the features > I require, which should be clear from the description. > > Simon >
