Bug#598064: [libopenal1] Short description could be more informational

Andreas Ronnquist gusnan at gusnan.se
Sun Sep 26 09:08:32 UTC 2010


On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:29:08 -0400
Andres Mejia <mcitadel at gmail.com> wrote:
> The idea for the short description was borrowed from mesa packages
> (check libgl1-mesa-dev). What other short description do you think is
> better? Also, remember that it has to be under 80 characters (see
> Debian Policy 3.4.1).
> 

Ah, I see - My main concern is that people might not know that OpenAL
is related to audio - And the (short) description doesn't give any
additional information. But seeing the description of the mesa package
you mention, I see your point.

My idea would be a minor addition, something like

"A free implementation of the OpenAL audio API" - 

But I don't know about adding the word "graphics" to the mesa package -
Somehow OpenGL seems more self-explainatory (maybe it is just me) - I guess
that is because I am more familiar with OpenGL than with OpenAL.

Thank you for your work with OpenAL!
best regards
-- 
Andreas Rönnquist <gusnan at gusnan.se>





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