Bug#763671: gnutls-bin descriptions do not contain any mention of certtool
Guillaume !
gbeaulieu at koumbit.org
Wed Oct 1 20:27:57 UTC 2014
Thanks so much !
G
On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 03:37:02PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
>Control: 763671 tags + patch
>
>On 10/01/2014 01:59 PM, Guillaume ! wrote:
>> Package: gnutls-bin
>> Version: 3.0.22-3+really2.12.20-8+deb7u2
>>
>> Its a minor annoyment, but its nice when descriptions contain the names
>> of the main executable of the package so when a script tells you:
>> certtool: command not found, you can apt-cache search and find the
>> package you need to install.
>>
>> I haven't read the whole debian policy before posting, so it might or
>> not be an infringement of it.
>
>arguably, the "main executable" in gnutls-bin is either gnutls-cli or
>gnutls-serv, but i think this is a good idea anyway.
>
>I've just sent a patch.
>
>I don't think it's a matter of debian-policy, fwiw (though it might be
>nice to adjust policy to make this recommendation).
>
> --dkg
>
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