Package description policy?
I have recently seen quite a few packages like
> Source: wu-ftpd
> Description:
> wu-ftpd - powerful and widely used FTP server
> wu-ftpd-academ - wu-ftpd upgrade convenience package [removable]
or
> Source: sbuild
> Description:
> sbuild - Tool for building Debian binary packages from Debian sources
The Policy section 5.7.1. gives excellent reasons for why /not/ to
include the name in the description field. Is this going to be
changed?
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Jens Peter Secher
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