From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brandon Invergo Subject: Re: Synchronizing descriptions with GSRC? Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:28:44 +0200 Message-ID: <87d2qqp0j7.fsf@naga.invergo.net> References: <8738rm9lz5.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42954) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ux1wZ-00060S-T1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:29:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ux1wY-0003Gk-Od for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:28:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8738rm9lz5.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:52:14 +0200") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ludovic, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > After a quick glance over the differences, it=E2=80=99s not clear to me w= hat > should be done. Often, descriptions in GSRC are shorter that what we > have. Sometimes they=E2=80=99re the same, or stripped version of those w= e have. > Sometimes they paraphrase those we have. > > Descriptions in Guix are typically taken from the upstream web page or > README file, so I would intuitively feel like the upstream description > better characterizes the package. Just a quick response to this. When I was writing the descriptions for GSRC, I wasn't sure whether I could copy descriptions wholesale from the project websites due to copyright claims. I doubt that anyone would get upset but I was just playing it safe. For example, they take a similar precaution with the free software directory on fsf.org. So, that's the reason most of them are paraphrased. Anyway, I'm happy to sync in the other direction and pull some descriptions from Guix into GSRC.=20 Perhaps it would be best to keep all canonical package descriptions, short and long, in a single file under revision control somewhere, such as in womb. They would then be available for anyone who needs them, should any need arise in the future and it would be easier for all involved to stay in sync. What do you think? =2Dbrandon --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJR3dIPAAoJEARu3ubrerdN1k4IAKtHP1QSCAN2AgTMuD9hp5it UJRrqt2fs5osWLxqmyJ83MaikEG02dub2EISVNdXTR5XhT3j2+Auv/NDVfSYGtJb TFELkdrmDXrqXxlWP8Pjn9FPjH2jFUDbis2SvHHv2Q4mav/zVgsEr+7fHbf5UAec LEZxi0uU2tCEd+0NaplJ4yWdfJYqmkI9AOIXNYdSQ69JVFXfK9JhDGPdf85ntAAz y+Ee9CC1+0+rWhOLhq5NrR+QSz8cT23fBqfPvoQrvQd19cziQLRIjLavvNO3rNoF So57tq8rZFoMeBzBap3TEGHjhhXc6K/tovI+IblWRm5du2IS5dfgtjcZLWAL5kA= =GFXd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--