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[PATCH 0/2] Add cobib.

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Message #17 received at 58387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "(" <paren <at> disroot.org>
To: "M" <matf <at> disr.it>, <58387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#58387] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add cobib. *
 gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-cobib): New variable.
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:37:46 +0100

On Sun Oct 9, 2022 at 4:02 AM BST, M wrote:
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (pypi-uri "cobib" version))

Add a file-name field here too, please.

> +    (propagated-inputs (list python-beautifulsoup4
> +                             python-bibtexparser
> +                             python-pylatexenc
> +                             python-requests
> +                             python-requests-oauthlib
> +                             python-ruamel.yaml))

Put the start of the list on a new line.

> +    (home-page "https://gitlab.com/mrossinek/cobib")
> +    (synopsis "Console bibliography")

Would "TUI bibliography management tool" be more precise?

> +     "@command{cobib} is a simple, command-line based bibliography management

Remove the ``simple'' adjective; we try to avoid marketing in descriptions to the
best of our ability.

> +tool.  It is the result of the need for an easy-to-use alternative to full-blown
> +reference managers like Mendeley or Zotero.  It uses a plain-text database,

For the same reason, could you remove the "It is the result ... or Zotero" line?

> +location-independent library, and features git integration, command-line

Maybe add "a" before "location-independent"?

> +support, as well as a curses-based TUI.")

s/as well as/and/ maybe?

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