[Bug 336210] [NEW] Package description is incomplete and misleading

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: emacs-extra

The short description for this package is "emacs configuration" but it's
just one particular user's configuration, and it's not altogether clear
why offering this to other Emacs users is beneficial.  Judging from
several bug reports for this package, users install it under the false
impression that it is useful or even required for a full Emacs
installation.

The long package description reads simply "very long description to put
here" [sic!]

The file /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-extra.el consists of solely a
stanza to load /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-extra/emacs-extra.el
regardless of whether Emacs is being invoked interactively or not.

The subdirectory /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-extra seems
superfluous, because it only contains the file emacs-extra.el

This file contains a random splattering of personal .emacs preferences,
with spurious comments in French.  It includes a custom-set-variables
snippet which to the best of my understanding should never exist in a
system file.

It attempts to load /etc/emacs-extra/binding.el if it exists, but the
package instead provides a file /etc/emacs-extra/binding without the .el
extension.  (Good thing it fails, because it unconditionally rebinds
several standard keys.)

There is no documentation.

I'm wondering if it was a mistake to include this package in Universe in
the first place.

What is the proper procedure for proposing the removal of this package
from the Universe?

** Affects: emacs-extra (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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