Re: Bug#209693: The package description does not follow Debian policy

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 03:24:32PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Package: python-numarray-doc
> > Description: Documentation for an array processing package for Python
> >  This package contains the manual in PDF format.
> 
> The problem with the extended description here is not that it is one
> line long. The problem is that extended descriptions may be displayed
> independent from short descriptions, and "This package contains the
> manual in PDF format." does not stand on its own.

I don't see a problem; looking at solely the three lines quoted above
communicates to me everything I need to know about python-numarray-doc, even
though I have never heard of python-numarray before.

(If python-numarray doesn't have a longer description, *then* I'd be
annoyed.)