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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] gnu: Add python2-ipaddr, a Python-2-only package
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Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> Hartmut Goebel (2016-04-19 00:09 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Am 18.04.2016 um 22:20 schrieb Leo Famulari:
>>>> > +    (synopsis "IP address manipulation library by Google")
>>>> > +    (description
>>>> > +     "Library for working with IP addresses, both IPv4 and IPv6.")
>>> Can you give any more information about the software?
>>
>> Pardon? That's all the project seay. What more would you expect?
>
> Yeah, it's hard to invent a description when the upstream doesn't
> provide it.  What about this:
>
>   IPaddr is a fast and lightweight Python library used to create and
>   manipulate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.

Sounds good!

But yeah, I agree that it=E2=80=99s hard to do any better if upstream doesn=
=E2=80=99t
even bother.

(For the record, Hartmut,
<https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Synopses-and-Descriptio=
ns.html>
gives guidelines about these things.)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.