[Bug 123713] Re: package description needs rewrite

[Loye Young]

The description still doesn't describe what ubufox does. You've said it
changes firefox configuration, but that's no help. I've been asked about
this package, but I don't have a good explanation for what the package
does or whether the package is needed or not, because it is not
documented at all (which is another bug that needs reporting).

1.   After reading the description, the user is left with no idea about
what "specific configuration defaults" are being changed. As one user
remarked, "If they know what the 'specifics' are, why don't they just
tell us?"

2.   "apt support for firefox plugins / extensions" is meaningless to
someone who doesn't already know what ubufox does. It is also a bit
misleading because apturl requires gnome-app-install and synaptic. Users
of adept, dpkg-www, aptitude, or other apt frontends will not receive
"apt support".

3.  It is ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT to note in the description that ubufox
depends on GNOME (via the dependency on apturl). The phrase "ubuntu
specific" is not sufficiently descriptive because "ubuntu" is an
ambiguous term: sometimes it means the GNOME desktop, and sometimes it
means the superset distribution of all the *buntu flavors.

Happy Trails,

Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://www.iycc.biz

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package description needs rewrite
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123713
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