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Re: Add a paragraph describing a package
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: Add a paragraph describing a package |
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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:57:35 -0600 |
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>>>>> "Ivan" == Ivan Kanis <address@hidden> writes:
Ivan> I am going through all the packages in marmalade and my brain is getting
Ivan> numb.
Ivan> Some packages seem interesting but I can't tell from the one line
Ivan> summary.
Ivan> I feel that it is not giving me enough information. Like the Debian
Ivan> package manager there should be a paragraph giving more details.
Ivan> The paragraph would be displayed when pressing RET on a line in the
Ivan> package list. It would appear next to the 'install' button. It would be,
Ivan> of course, optional.
Ivan> Is there interest for this feature?
This feature already exists, or at least it used to -- I didn't check
recently.
The old uploader code at least would extract the commentary from a
package, and you could view it from the package menu.
Tom