From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brandon Invergo Subject: Re: Synchronizing synopses with the Womb Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:12:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87li8dqlql.fsf@naga.invergo.net> References: <201304182239.r3IMdF0P032258@freefriends.org> <87sj2myh5w.fsf@gnu.org> <87mwsusicm.fsf@naga.invergo.net> <87a9otd17m.fsf@gnu.org> <8761zhsc3n.fsf@naga.invergo.net> <87vc7hqxev.fsf@naga.invergo.net> <87vc7h9uxn.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 ([208.118.235.92]:51900) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTZTH-0003ii-6k for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:13:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTZTE-0006cC-AN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:12:59 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60292) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTZTE-0006c8-5G for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:12:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87vc7h9uxn.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:46:12 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Is there a place on-line where a pre-built MANIFEST.rec is/could be made > available? That would simplify automation on the Guix side (for the > Womb, we just take gnupackages.txt from CVSWeb.) That can easily be arranged. I'll just upload it with the script that I use to update the package list website (gnu.org/s/gsrc/package-list.html). It will be at www.gnu.org/s/gsrc/MANIFEST.rec shortly. At the moment I have it set as a weekly cron job to update it. > How do you usually come up with those descriptions? I typically take a > paragraph or two from the package=E2=80=99s home page. Well, I tried to avoid copying verbatim from the home pages. I doubt that any of the maintainers will try to assert copyright but I wanted to be careful anyway. Regardless, the descriptions still mainly came from the sites, supplemented by README files, Savannah and, when I didn't understand some concept or term, Wikipedia. All went through the in-your-own-words filter. Sometimes the websites went into way too much detail, so I had to pick and choose the information to cover. Other times, they didn't give nearly enough information so I had to use my own experience with the program to add to them a bit. I didn't have any specific length requirements but I aimed for about a paragraph. Cheers, =2Db =2D-=20 Brandon Invergo http://brandon.invergo.net --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRcrB0AAoJEARu3ubrerdNglcH/1CY/8BgogJu0sJddm7GBas6 +gl2FFKAeD8jSxjqJzR8sp3gyoBemFuM0p555vv/HA+I77jp41inMCKLQ5yzb99A sAi+OXMslz6HZo7+BA1BJbKc8yb1YOu+K9xl37ywfAIxpgx1mL663O1r/HzXAxVP +XzN4Cxr0YI2HUZeh8XZHMe1vr7m6q4ywduPy51t1wk+RFWC4eI5iVt2cKxGq2kF 2Ds2s9VY/tCbQ8b4JOt3SImUTl92LEkTqhskRdUX7uuplDGdil2ByiZy3Gv1RDSI jvTUucZTlw1bvycXoXvsdRgr1rZCgNYQBuVG2DtquVqsgLkA2WwI8NEYJXbrrV0= =iplq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--