Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions
Steven Susbauer
steven at too1337.com
Sat May 16 21:24:23 UTC 2009
On Sat, 16 May 2009 14:58:15 -0500, anthony baldwin
<photodharma at gmail.com> wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> Lots of apps don't /have/ a homepage. A basic Linux distro consists of
>> tens of thousands of binaries. Not every one has its own distinct web
>> presence. Is there much point in a homepage for the ls command? It's a
>> program in its own right.
>
>
> Clearly, I don't expect to see a website for glibc, ls, date,
> cdrdao...blah blah blah.
> But for "major" desktop appliances, like amarok, firefox, etc., which DO
> have webpages, I would expect a link.
> That would even go for less known/used apps, too, like medit, irssi,
> mutt, moc...whatever, that do have homepages...
> Even if it's a freshmeat, wiki.tcl.tk, or SF page, etc...
>
> /tony
>
In experimenting with Synaptic I see it doesn't appear to parse the
Homepage field. Am I mistaken? I see some packages that do not have a
homepage shown in Synaptic (even in the properties menu), but do when
running "aptitude show PKG" (irssi). Most packages do have a Homepage
field specified.
An example is irssi, in Synaptic it only shows the description, in
aptitude you see:
Package: irssi
<snip>
Description: terminal based IRC client
Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports
SILC
and ICB protocols via plugins.
Features include:
* Autologging
* Formats and themes
* Configurable keybindings
* Paste detection
* Perl scripting
* Irssi-proxy
* Transparent upgrading
* Recode support
Homepage: http://irssi.org/
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