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FS#45653 - [ffmpeg] Use description on website

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by ZhuZhihao (proudzhu) - Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 09:44 GMT
Last edited by Maxime Gauduin (Alucryd) - Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 09:27 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Maxime Gauduin (Alucryd)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The package description may confuse users. The description on ffmpeg website (https://www.ffmpeg.org/) is "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.", so maybe we should switch to this one.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
all versions
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
just see the package description.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Maxime Gauduin (Alucryd)
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 09:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Maxime Gauduin (Alucryd) - Thursday, 16 July 2015, 17:31 GMT
I think it'll take more than that to confuse anybody about ffmpeg, but I tend to agree that upstream's description is more correct. About the closure request, which guideline are you referring to? The one that says ~80 characters for descriptions? 82 still counts as ~80 imho. If nobody is against I can change the pkgdesc during the next update.
Comment by AK (Andreaskem) - Monday, 20 July 2015, 08:00 GMT
Couldn't you just drop the "A " from the description? That will save those 2 pesky characters. In fact, thinking about this, I noticed how many package descriptions start with "A ..." or "An ...". Isn't that completely useless and could be omitted? Is it supposed to be a proper sentence?
Comment by Maxime Gauduin (Alucryd) - Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 09:27 GMT
No vital need for the A, also dropped the cross-platform bit, we don't need it either.

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