I've just added the system we use in the RjDj lib to [list]-abs as well. It's pretty simple, but cool: All objects are described in a textfile using this format:
objectname - short object description in one line without commas
In [list]-abs this file is called "list-abs-intro.txt". (It also allows lines consisting of just an integer number, which is used to optionally make room for larger GUI objects in the overview patch.)
A helper file reads this list into a textfile and dynamically patches all referenced objects and descriptions into a subpatch. This patch is called "list-abs-intro.pd".
I think that it would be the best idea as well - many libraries already
bring their object description - that's pd's "official" format as well, as
used in the old 0.INTRO.txt file. would it be possible to make that libs
don't get compiled/added to the package if that list is missing? or
desirable?