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of the aim and purpose of any package is given. Most often it is 2 lines of gibberish | of the aim and purpose of any package is given. Most often it is 2 lines of gibberish | ||
replete with acronyms which no one understands. --[[User:Mai|Mai]] ([[User talk:Mai|talk]]) 01:53, 17 October 2017 (CEST) | replete with acronyms which no one understands. --[[User:Mai|Mai]] ([[User talk:Mai|talk]]) 01:53, 17 October 2017 (CEST) | ||
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| + | == why add extra column "intelleigible description", crowd provided == | ||
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| + | ::It has become clear that very many package providers do not - for whichever reason - supply a proper decription of aim & purpose of their package. But users might well do it, it could be added as "crowd redacted description" with the main "description" always still in place. | ||
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| + | ::This would improve things greatly, since the problem will not go away during the next few decades. [[User:Mai|Mai]] ([[User talk:Mai|talk]]) 08:59, 20 October 2017 (CEST) | ||
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intelligible description of the aim and purpose of any package
Note that "necessary info" does not mean that an intelligible description of the aim and purpose of any package is given. Most often it is 2 lines of gibberish replete with acronyms which no one understands. --Mai (talk) 01:53, 17 October 2017 (CEST)
why add extra column "intelleigible description", crowd provided
- It has become clear that very many package providers do not - for whichever reason - supply a proper decription of aim & purpose of their package. But users might well do it, it could be added as "crowd redacted description" with the main "description" always still in place.
