[Debtags-devel] Updating tags on svn
Erich Schubert
erich.schubert at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 12:09:28 UTC 2005
Hi,
> > Description: Lean, tightly focused tools, normally run non-interactively
> > Trim, generally non-interactive tools which...
>
> does this achieve the style you wanted without evoking unpleasant images
> of knives? (The word needed is the German "knapp", but there is no such
> English word.)
I wouldn't use "knapp" in german here I guess...
I prefer
"Utilities and small, non-interactive tools"
Utilities and tools normally run non-interactively, which e.g.
.
* report the state of the system in some respect (e.g. find);
* automate a well defined task (e.g. cp or dpkg-reconfigure);
* filter a stream of text or data (e.g. sed);
* display data in a simple, non-interactive way (e.g. xloadimage); or
* fetch and/or put data by a specific protocol (e.g. rsync),
implement a basic client to such a protocol (e.g ssh), or
talk to a daemon.
.
Also, basic tools which provide generic front ends with bare interfaces
(e.g. bash, xterm or login); basic, unembellished, scriptable,
command-line-oriented administration and configuration tools (e.g. dpkg
or apt-get); minimalistic dockapps (e.g. wmclock) and other simple X
tools (e.g. 9menu); primitive line-oriented tools (e.g. more or ed)
controllable by stdin; and other small tools in the utility spirit.
.
Most packages will get no more than one of the four tags
role::sw:{utility,daemon,application,amusement}.
Thaddeus: you use the dictionary too much. Even when there are fancy
words (unembellished), stick to the basics every non-native speaker
understands. Never expect the users to know more words than you do.
;-)
best regards,
Erich Schubert
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