Bug#353588: lintian: [add new rule] check debian/control::Description better (lowercase first line)
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 08:39:56PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Add WARNING checks for the above case, where description string,
> something like:
>
> - "W: [control::Description] Starts with a capital letter (make it lowercase)"
We had that and disabled it again, so that's not going to happen.
Here the relevant references:
r409 | jeroen | 2005-01-15 00:48:04 +0100 (Sa, 15 Jan 2005) | 4 lines
* checks/description:
+ [JvW] Drop description-synopsis-starts-with-a-capital-letter by
popular
demand (Closes: #288568)
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r404 | vorlon | 2005-01-14 17:59:39 +0100 (Fr, 14 Jan 2005) | 4 lines
Do not generate warnings when a short description starts with an
article;
this is good grammar and should not be discouraged. (Closes: #290505)
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r388 | he | 2004-12-23 23:29:51 +0100 (Do, 23 Dez 2004) | 8 lines
* checks/description
+ [HE] Warn if the short description start with an article or a
capital
letter. Patch by Tobias Toedter <t.toedter@gmx.net>, thanks.
(Closes:
#258824)
> - "W: [control::Description] 1st line contains period at the end line"
No opintion on that yet. I thought we already checked for that but can
find no evidence for that.
Gruesse,
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