Packages

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/clamtk 5.24-1
    Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for Linux systems

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/oprofile 1.1.0-3
    System-wide profiler for Linux systems

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

System-wide profiler for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/shorewall 5.1.4-1
    An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

An iptables-based firewall for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/shorewall6 5.1.4-1
    An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems (with IPv6 support)

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

An iptables-based firewall for GNU/Linux systems (with IPv6 support)

This package contains vague terminology “MP3 Player”:

community/gmtp 1.3.10-2
    A simple MP3 player client for MTP based devices

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “MP3 Player”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#MP3Player

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “MP3 Player”.

eg.

A simple audio player client for MTP based devices

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

extra/kdb 3.0.1.1-2
    A database connectivity and creation framework for various database vendors

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

A database connectivity and creation framework for various database suppliers

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

extra/publicsuffix-list 20170118.560.45a2bf8-1
    Cross-vendor public domain suffix database

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

Cross-supplier public domain suffix database

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

community/glide 0.12.3-1
    Dependency management and vendoring for Go projects

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

Dependency management and suppliering for Go projects

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

community/ndiswrapper-dkms 1.60.20160717-1
    Module for NDIS (Windows Network Drivers) drivers supplied by vendors.Use with DKMS

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

Module for NDIS (Windows Network Drivers) drivers.Use with DKMS

Description:

community/ext3grep 0.10.2-4
    A tool to investigate an ext3 file system for deleted content and possibly recover it

Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not say instead “data”?

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content

Description:

community/webfs 1.21-13
    Simple and instant http server for mostly static content.

Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not simply say “files” instead and be more specific.

Even empty files without data inside can be served.

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content

Description:

community/openstreetmap-map-icons-svn 31588-1 [installed]
    A set of public domain licensed map icons for general OSM use

It is questionable if it is “Licensed” or dedicated.

See the file:
/usr/share/licenses/openstreetmap-map-icons/svg-twotone/LICENSE.txt

it does not matter if the file is named “LICENSE”, it could be also named anyhow else.

There must be reason why the organization Creative Commons is not using the word “License” in that text, and that is why I propose to simply say in description:

    A set of public domain map icons for general OSM use

community/autoconf-archive 1:2017.03.21-1
    A collection of freely re-usable Autoconf macros

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

community/python-biopython 1.69-1
    Freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

community/python2-biopython 1.69-1
    Freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

core/linux-atm 2.5.2-4
     Drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux.

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Let us not make it vague. If it refers to kernel, then let us say “Linux kernel”. If it refers to operating system, let us say so.

In general, packages referring to kernel as Linux which is correct, I am leaving alone and will not report it here. Only those referring to operating system name or when stated in vague manner.

core/man-pages 4.11-1 (base)
     Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Instead I propose to say “Operating system manual pages”

core/net-tools 1.60.20160710git-1
     Configuration tools for Linux networking

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-de 1.22-1
     German Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-ru 4.08_2329_2272_20170321-2
     Russian Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-zh_cn 1.6.3.1-1
     Simplified Chinese Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-zh_tw 1.6.3.1-1
     Traditional Chinese Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

Private Browsing with Tracking Protection

When you browse in a Private Window, Firefox does not save:

  visited pages
  cookies
  searches
  temporary files

Firefox will save your:

  bookmarks
  downloads

Private Browsing doesn’t make you anonymous on the Internet. Your employer or Internet service provider can still know what page you visit.
Tracking Protection

Some websites use trackers that can monitor your activity across the Internet. With Tracking Protection Firefox will block many trackers that can collect information about your browsing behavior.

Learn more about Private Browsing.

Firefox is named 3 times.
Private Browsing link is broken

Additional info:
* package version(s) : 52.9.0_20180601-3

Steps to reproduce: Open Private Browsing

Description:
There is a strange bug (white rectangle) in the FindBar when a phrase isn’t found.

Additional info:
* package version(s): 52.9.0_20180601-3

Steps to reproduce:
Go to Edit > Find

Then put a phrase in the FindBar to search it in any page, if it isn’t found, appears a strange “white rectangle” covering the phrase.

Description:
There’s a XML parsing error in Iceweasel-UXP when it’s accessing a non-existent site or about:help

Additional info:
* package version(s): 52.9.0_20180601-7
* config and/or log files etc:

XML Parsing Error: undefined entity Location: jar:file:///usr/lib/iceweasel-uxp/browser/omni.ja!/chrome/browser/content/browser/aboutNetError.xhtml Line Number 22, Column 12:
    <title>&loadError.label;</title>
-----------^

Steps to reproduce:

• Install Iceweasel-UXP:

  # pacman -S iceweasel-uxp

• Run Iceweasel-UXP:

  ~ iceweasel-uxp

• Type about:help or a non-existent site in the address bar