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Re: two more tags



Jordà Polo wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:26:32PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Attached are two mbox files each adding one of the following tags/checks:
>> 
>> Tag: extended-description-is-probably-too-short
>> Type: warning
>> Severity: normal
>> Certainty: certain
>> Info: The extended description (the lines after the first line of the
>>  "Description:" field) is consists on just one or two lines, which are
>> probably
>>  too few.
> 
> Isn't "normal" too severe for this tag? I think minor or wishlist would
> be more appropriate. Also, it would be interesting to explain a little

I've seen people including at least one ftpmaster filing bugs against
packages without a proper description using severity: normal. And I can't
think about a proper package description fitting in just two lines.

> more what kind of information is usually found in the Description field
> (and/or add a reference to policy 3.4).

Hmm, right. I forgot the references.

Notes on, just read, Russ' message: all I can say is that Certainty isn't as
intuitive as the other fields.

I'm leaving the Severity: normal, because if a package doesn't have a good
description it isn't just a 'minor' issue because the number of new
installations can be affected by it.

Attached is an updated mbox (btw, I didn't like how the link to walters'
guide looked like when displayed via Refs:).

Cheers,
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