reassign 382477 developers-reference retitle 382477 Sect 6.5.3.2: rather fix the tool than condense a description thanks On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 07:28 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org> writes: > > > Package: lintian > > Version: 1.23.22 > > > Hello, > > > On the mailman package I received this lintian warning: > > > W: mailman: too-long-extended-description-in-templates mailman/queue_files_present > > N: > > N: Some debconf interfaces cannot deal very well with descriptions of > > N: more than about 20 lines, so try to keep the extended description > > N: below this limit. > > N: > > N: Refer to Developers Reference, section 6.5.3.2 for details. > > N: > > > I've checked that description, and it's quite long but also very > > informational to the admin. I could condense it, but I feel that > > throwing away useful information because of some anonymous tool cannot > > deal with it is not right: we should fix that bug instead of setting an > > arbitrary 20-line limit on descriptions. > > > The description remains vague as where exactly the problem originates. > > I'm not sure what it is that imposes the number "20" and why our "26" is > > too much. > > In this case, I'm going to refer you to the Developer's Reference > maintainers, since I don't think the lintian maintainers have the > expertise to know why this rule is present. We picked up that rule > straight from the devref, and presumably the team that developed those > rules had justification for it at the time and knowledge of which debconf > interfaces had problems. > > On the lintian side, I'd much prefer to continue to check for exactly what > the devref says, since that way it's a lot easier to remain consistent. > So if this is wrong, the devref should really change. Ok, fine. I'm reassigning this to the developer's reference then. Thijs
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