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Bug#898721: marked as done (lintian -- maybe false positive on description-starts-with-package-name)

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and subject line Merge request with improved descriptions
has caused the Debian Bug report #898721,
regarding lintian -- maybe false positive on description-starts-with-package-name
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.82~bpo9+1
Severity: normal


I am not sure whether this is a good english expression, but if so, this is a false positive:

Description: base58 encode/decode: command-line interface



---- lintian check for base58_1.0.0-1_all.deb ----
N: 'base58 encode/decode' is a description of what the package does, not
N: a repeat of the package name.
O: base58: description-starts-with-package-name


 Thorsten

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Hi Thorsten,

> I am not sure whether this is a good english expression, but if so, this is a false positive:
>
> Description: base58 encode/decode: command-line interface

I am not sure either, but it sure does not read smoothly.

Someone already overrode the tag in your repo. As an alternative, I
wrote a merge request with improved descriptions. (I also removed the
override.) You can find everything here:

    https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-base58/merge_requests/1

As a bonus, I also exended the long description. That cleaned out
another Lintian tag:

    I: base58: extended-description-is-probably-too-short

Closing this bug.

Kind regards
Felix Lechner

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