Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Justin B Rye wrote:
>> Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
I've left the library packages alone, since a library's function is
usually obvious from the things that depend on it... but in fact you
might want the descriptions to comment on the way wtmpdb has a
Re
On Sat, Oct 05, 2024 at 08:33:11AM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> >> I've left the library packages alone, since a library's function is
> >> usually obvious from the things that depend on it... but in fact you
> >> might want the descriptions to comment on the way wtmpdb
Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
>> I've left the library packages alone, since a library's function is
>> usually obvious from the things that depend on it... but in fact you
>> might want the descriptions to comment on the way wtmpdb has a
>> Recommends: libpam-wtmpdb instead of a Depends. It's not obv
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 02:23:06PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Instead I would suggest recycling some text from the much more
> informative man page and/or GitHub README. My patch has:
>
> | Package: wtmpdb
> [...]
> | Description: utility to display login/logout/reboo
Package: wtmpdb
Version: 0.13.0-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Debian Policy says a package description should provide enough
information for users to decide whether they need the package
installed. But why would anybody want to read something called the
"wtmp database"? The significance of that
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