On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:38 +0100 > Fabio Erculiani <lx...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> I think this is not the first time it's been discussed here, but maybe >> I'm wrong. >> Other distros associate a more user-friendly package name (application >> name) to packages. >> Say, they bind libreoffice-writer to "LibreOffice Writer" in package >> metadata. >> >> How about expanding metadata.xml (adding to its .dtd) to also support >> this? It would be nice to show this info in GUI package managers >> instead of the actual, and ugly (for the newbies), CP or CPV. >> It would be just a small addition that would make a big diff. > > I think we already expand the name in DESCRIPTION whenever it is > ambiguous.
DESCRIPTION != Application Name Description is way too long, and sometimes, it even overflows 80 chars limit (I recall there was a suggested limit for it, and it is 80 chars -- that's why we have long-description in metadata.xml). > > Could you please mention some Gentoo examples which would benefit from > the proposed change? As I wrote, GUI Package Managers or Web frontends to Portage (package browsers). Example image, taken from Ubuntu SC, showing application names: http://cdn.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Selection_008.jpeg > > -- > Best regards, > Michał Górny Cheers, -- Fabio Erculiani
