chiark / gitweb /
systemd.unit(5): clarify the Description= contents
authorMichael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:59:41 +0000 (21:59 +0200)
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 02:38:09 +0000 (22:38 -0400)
man/systemd.unit.xml

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                                 describing the unit. This is intended
                                 for use in UIs to show descriptive
                                 information along with the unit
                                 describing the unit. This is intended
                                 for use in UIs to show descriptive
                                 information along with the unit
-                                name.</para></listitem>
+                                name. The description should contain a name
+                                that means something to the end user.
+                                <literal>Apache2 Web Server</literal> is a good
+                                example. Bad examples are
+                                <literal>high-performance light-weight HTTP
+                                server</literal> (too generic) or
+                                <literal>Apache2</literal> (too specific and
+                                meaningless for people who do not know
+                                Apache).</para></listitem>
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