Debian Bug report logs - #561624
pidgin: Pidgin description in Add/Remove Applications is overly geeky

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josh Holland <jrh@joshh.co.uk>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: pidgin: Pidgin description in Add/Remove Applications is overly geeky

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:56 +0000

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Package: pidgin
Severity: wishlist

Forwarded from Ubuntu.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/259793

Ubuntu Intrepid alpha 3

1. Open Add/Remove Applications.
2. Search for "pidgin".
3. Read Pidgin's description.

What you see:

    Pidgin Internet Messenger
    graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X

    Pidgin is a graphical, modular Instant Messaging client capable of using AIM/ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, Gadu-Gadu, Bonjour, Groupwise, Sametime, SILC, and SIMPLE all at once.

    Some extra packages are recommended to use the core functionality present in most pidgin installations:
    * gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
      - Sound support.

    More extra packages are suggested to use increased functionality:
    * gnome-panel | kicker | docker:
      - To use the system tray icon functionality (minimizing to an icon, having the icon blink when there are new messages, etc.)
    * evolution-data-server:
      - For interfacing with an Evolution address book
    * libsqlite3-0:
      - To use Contact Availability Prediction plugin

What you should see: A description that
* helps end users decide whether they want to install the program
* does not refer to "the core functionality present in most pidgin installations" (how am I supposed to know what that means?)
* does not use the phrase "more extra"
* does not refer to other packages by name, because searching Add/Remove Applications for those other packages does not find them, and because that's what Suggests and Recommends are for;
* does not use the phrase "system tray" (there's no such thing in Ubuntu).

A useful description might mention features Pidgin has that other IM programs do not, such as buddy pounces and plug-ins.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers karmic-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'karmic-updates'), (500, 'karmic-security'), (500, 'karmic-proposed'), (500, 'karmic-backports'), (500, 'karmic')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages pidgin depends on:
ii  gconf2          2.28.0-0ubuntu2          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libatk1.0-0     1.28.0-0ubuntu1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6           2.10.1-0ubuntu15         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2       1.8.8-2ubuntu1           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3     1.2.16-0ubuntu9          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1- 0.80-4ubuntu1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1  2.6.0-1ubuntu12          generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6    2.3.9-5                  FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0    2.22.3-0ubuntu1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgstreamer0.1 0.10.25-2                Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0     2.18.3-1ubuntu2.1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkspell0    2.0.15-0ubuntu1          a spell-checking addon for GTK's T
ii  libice6         2:1.0.5-1                X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liblaunchpad-in 0.1.26                   library for launchpad integration
ii  libpango1.0-0   1.26.0-1                 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpurple0      1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7         multi-protocol instant messaging l
ii  libsm6          2:1.1.0-2                X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-noti 0.10-1                   library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6        2:1.2.2-1ubuntu1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2         2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1      GNOME XML library
ii  libxss1         1:1.1.3-1                X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii  perl            5.10.0-24ubuntu4         Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  perl-base [perl 5.10.0-24ubuntu4         minimal Perl system
pn  pidgin-data     <none>                   (no description available)
ii  zlib1g          1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13ubuntu3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages pidgin recommends:
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins 0.10.25-2ubuntu1.2 GStreamer plugins from the "base" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins 0.10.16-1ubuntu3   GStreamer plugins from the "good" 

Versions of packages pidgin suggests:
ii  evolution-data-server  2.28.1-0ubuntu1   evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-panel            1:2.28.0-0ubuntu6 launcher and docking facility for 
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.6.16-1ubuntu1   SQLite 3 shared library

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Message #10 received at 561624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vishnoo <vish@ubuntu.com>

To: 561624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: re: pidgin: Pidgin description in Add/Remove Applications is overly geeky

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:07:04 +0530

Hi,
Any update about this bug?
Can we just change the description part of the patch 

From

Description: graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X

to

Description: graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client

-- 
Cheers,
Vish

Message #17 received at 561624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vishnoo <vish@ubuntu.com>

To: 561624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [Patch] Pidgin description in Add/Remove Applications is overly geeky

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:56:29 +0530

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Hi,

Attaching a patch to update the description on latest debian/control
file.

Kindly update the description.

-- 
Cheers,
Vish

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Message #22 received at 561624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vishnoo <vish@ubuntu.com>

To: 561624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [Patch] Pidgin description in Add/Remove Applications is overly geeky

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:09:24 +0530

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Oops , previous patch was wrong!
Had missed a word..
Attaching the right patch now..

-- 
Cheers,
Vish

[Description.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #27 received at 561624-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>

To: 561624-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#561624: fixed in pidgin 2.11.0-1

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:34:05 +0000

Source: pidgin
Source-Version: 2.11.0-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
pidgin, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 561624@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org> (supplier of updated pidgin package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 14:25:31 -0400
Source: pidgin
Binary: libpurple0 pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-dev pidgin-dbg finch finch-dev libpurple-dev libpurple-bin
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 2.11.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
Changed-By: Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
Description:
 finch      - text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client
 finch-dev  - text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client - development
 libpurple-bin - multi-protocol instant messaging library - extra utilities
 libpurple-dev - multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files
 libpurple0 - multi-protocol instant messaging library
 pidgin     - graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client
 pidgin-data - multi-protocol instant messaging client - data files
 pidgin-dbg - Debugging symbols for Pidgin
 pidgin-dev - multi-protocol instant messaging client - development files
Closes: 561624
Changes:
 pidgin (2.11.0-1) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Update description (Closes: #561624)
   * Imported Upstream version 2.11.0
     * Fixes many security issues in MXit
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