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Bug 44337 - Better description for dev-db/postgresql
Summary: Better description for dev-db/postgresql
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Server (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: PgSQL Bugs
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Reported: 2004-03-11 03:19 UTC by Andreas Simon
Modified: 2007-09-22 23:16 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Simon 2004-03-11 03:19:53 UTC
postgresql's description string says "Based on the gnuconfig eclass".

I think nobody would associate the gnuconfig eclass with what PostgreSQL is about.

Are more reasonable description should be something like
"An object-relational SQL database system"
Comment 1 Andreas Simon 2004-03-11 03:23:11 UTC
# emerge -s postgresql
Searching...
[ Results for search key : postgresql ]
[ Applications found : 3 ]

*  dev-db/postgresql
      Latest version available: 7.4.1-r4
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 8,936 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.postgresql.org/
      Description: Based on the gnuconfig eclass
      License:     POSTGRESQL

I just see that postgresql already contains
DESCRIPTION="sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS."

But this is not shown. Maybe this variable should be defined
after inheriting eutils. (actually I don't see a reason why the eutils eclass defines DESCRIPTION, this DESCRIPTION would be wrong in any case)
Comment 2 Arthur Ward 2004-03-11 09:33:11 UTC
This only starts with PG 7.4.x; the 7.3 series doesn't inherit any eclasses. I think the DESCRIPTION line just needs to move down or the inherit should move up; whichever is the more accepted arrangement for these things. Hints from the inner circle here?
Comment 3 Masatomo Nakano (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-03-20 17:58:25 UTC
I just fixed this bug.

Thanks for reporting.