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[PATCH] Add the python-psycopg2-binary package.

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Message #14 received at 53821 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pierre-Henry Fröhring <contact <at> phfrohring.com>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, 53821 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#53821] [PATCH] Add the python-psycopg2-binary package.
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:27:33 +0100

Hello Maxime,

I've just copy-pasted the author's description as in:

  https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2-binary/

So, if I understand correctly, package contributors should (re)write
packages descriptions?

PHF

On Sun, 2022-02-06 at 15:50 +0100, Maxime Devos wrote:
> Pierre-Henry Fröhring schreef op zo 06-02-2022 om 15:38 [+0100]:
> > +     "Psycopg is the most popular [...]
> > +
> > +[...], resulting in being both efficient and secure.
> > 
> 
> From (guix)Synopses and Descriptions:
> 
> Please avoid marketing phrases such as “world-leading”,
> “industrial-strength”, and “next-generation”, and avoid superlatives
> like “the most advanced”—they are not helpful to users looking for a
> package and may even sound suspicious.  Instead, try to be factual,
> mentioning use cases and features.
> 
> Here, ‘most popular’ would could as marketing (it isn't important
> whether it's popular, what is important is that it works well),
> and to a lesser degree ‘efficient and secure’ -- everything is
> supposed to be efficient and secure (with varying success).
> 
> Greetings,
> Maxime.

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