Re: Bug#209693: The package description does not follow Debian policy
why is this description not sufficient for administrators to decide on
the installation of this package? I get the bad feeling you grepped
for one line package descriptions and submitted bug reports?
why is it necessary to repeat the description, even if the package
suggests installation of the corresponding python-numarray package?
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña writes:
> Package: python-numarray-doc
> Version: 0.5-3
> Severity: important
> Justification: section 2.3.3
>
> Your package does not comply with the policy as it does not provide
> a proper extended descrition. Policy section 2.3.3 states:
>
> The description should be written so that it gives the system
> administrator enough information to decide whether to install the
> package.
>
> Take in account that package descriptions are very important to administrators
> to determine wether a package is (or isn't) useful for them and are
> used by package frontends in order to implement keyword-based searchs
> (samples include command line tools such as 'apt-cache search X'
> or 'grep-dctrl -F Description X' or even fancier interfaces such as
> 'dpkg-iasearch').
>
> If you need help to provide a proper description for your package you
> are advised to digest the README/manpages/HTML files provided by the package
> or, as a last resort, request help at the debian-devel mailing list.
>
> If this package is being generated from a single source package and
> you already provide a full description in your control file for the
> main package, you might want to use it automatically in sub-packages. If this
> is the case consider using ${description}, and debian/substvars.
>
> This report has been automatically generated and the main reason is that
> the package has an extended description which is only one line long.
>
> Regards
>
> Javier Fernandez-Sanguino
>
> PS: For more information please read the Debian Policy or the thread
> at debian-devel started by
> Message-ID: <20030620155309.GA7065@dat.etsit.upm.es>
> which is available at
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200306/msg01257.html
>
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