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Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche desc
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description) |
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Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:03:18 +0100 |
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address@hidden writes:
> On 2019-01-16 09:47, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
>> Hi Gabriel!
>>
>> Thanks for contributing Gauche to Guix!
>> I've noticed something strange however: in the description, you mention
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> There are currently 58 packages available.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Isn't it shortsighted? If another package is added upstream, then the
>> description won't match anymore.
>>
>> Why mentioning it at all?
>
> It was my idea during review. I think it is a good idea to give the user
> a hint about the number of available packages that exist in the
> ecosystems/package-managers we package.
I’d prefer to not include numbers like that.
--
Ricardo
- Gauche description, Pierre Neidhardt, 2019/01/16
- Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description), swedebugia, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description), Pierre Neidhardt, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description), Gabriel Hondet, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions, swedebugia, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description), Ricardo Wurmus, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description), Pierre Neidhardt, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description), Ricardo Wurmus, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions, swedebugia, 2019/01/16
- Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions, Pierre Neidhardt, 2019/01/17
Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description),
Ricardo Wurmus <=