Bug#942493: 5000 is a tad too small (was Re: lintian: Please warn about overly-long header fields)

["Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>]

Thorsten,

> Please reconsider: adjust limits depending on which field it is.

I'd prefer to keep it consistent otherwise we run the risk of tweaking
these forever and making it a little bit more transparent for both
developers and users. Bumping to 16,384 now..

> [..] my Description

Not needed or relevant here but do please include concrete references
(vs. "my") next time -- can save some round-trips and confusion in
many cases. :)


Best wishes,

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