sfeed debian port: update description intended for next release - randomcrap - random crap programs of varying quality
HTML git clone git://git.codemadness.org/randomcrap
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
DIR LICENSE
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DIR commit 5b6ccb2fe142257adc4d7879a7519d279f7aec66
DIR parent 3de4b132edc3dc9c398ee005114b8b27ef09142a
HTML Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:08:19 +0100
sfeed debian port: update description intended for next release
Suggested by Joost.
Provide a bit more detailed description including what RSS/Atom is useful for.
The first description line also includes that it has converter/formatting
programs.
Diffstat:
M ports/debian/sfeed/debian/control | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git a/ports/debian/sfeed/debian/control b/ports/debian/sfeed/debian/control
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@ Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: curl
Suggests: lynx, xclip
-Description: RSS and Atom parser
+Description: RSS and Atom feed parser and convertors
RSS and Atom parser (and some format programs).
- It converts RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file. There are
- formatting programs included to convert this TAB-separated format to various
- other formats. There are also some programs and scripts included to import and
- export OPML and to fetch, filter, merge and order feed items.
+ Subscribing to RSS or Atom feeds allows a user to keep track of
+ many different websites in a single news aggregator, which
+ constantly monitors sites or weblogs for new content, removing
+ the need for the user to manually check them. The sfeed program
+ converts RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file.
+ There are formatting programs included to convert this
+ TAB-separated format to various other formats like HTML or mbox,
+ allowing one to view the feed using a regular webbrowser or email
+ program. There are also some programs and scripts included to
+ import and export OPML and to fetch, filter, merge and order feed
+ items.