Bug#979492: jami: Package description should be improved

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi again, Bruno,

Quoting Bruno Kleinert (2021-01-07 13:32:34)
> Am Donnerstag, dem 07.01.2021 um 12:34 +0100 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard:
> > Quoting Bruno Kleinert (2021-01-07 11:46:08)
> > > the package description is too "shy" and should include buzzwords 
> > > and search terms.
> > > 
> > > Since other video conference tools like BigBlueButton and Jitsi 
> > > Meet are not included in Debian, Jami can partly substitute those. 
> > > An improved description can help users to find Jami as a solution 
> > > for their needs in the package archive.
> > 
> > No, goal of package description is not to sell but to inform: Avoid 
> > buzzwords but include actual facts.
> 
> Maybe the paragraph "To some degree Jami provides similar […]" is too 
> much.

>From where are you quoting the above?

It would probably help if you propose a concrete text to replace or be 
appended to existing package description.  My apologies if that is 
exactly what you did already and I simply missed it somehow.

[ after re-reading original post, and then again a third time...]

OOOOHHH, now I see your patch.  I am very sorry, I totally missed that 
in my first reply.

Your proposed patch looks fine to me.  Only part I dislike is the 
paragraph linking to upstream and enumerating other platforms: Package 
has a Homepage field to reference upstream, and I find it better to 
mention more broadly that "Jami is available on non-Linux paltforms as 
well."

Also, concretely, the paragraph "To some degree..." looks fine to me.


> However, everything else is facts. My use of the word buzzwords was 
> probably wrong, I meant search terms that users likely apt search for 
> to find a substitution of a proprietary (Skype, WhatsApp, …) program 
> or something that is not yet available in Debian (BBB, Jitsi Meet).

It was the word buzzwords that made me react strongly - I do agree with 
you that current package description is vague.  Sorry that I did not 
make that clear.


> Please reconsider your decision, the patch is intended to support our 
> users.

To clarify, I am providing input on this bugreport but not "deciding".  
Sorry if my opinions come across as definitive.


 - Jonas

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