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Bug#520611: openoffice.org: package synopsis should not repeat package name



Package: openoffice.org
Version: 1:3.0.1-7
Severity: normal

As the Developer's Reference advises, the package synopsis should not
repeat the name of the package
<URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-synopsis>.
Lintian reports an error:

    E: description-starts-with-package-name

    The first line of the "Description:" should not start with the
    package name. For example, the package foo should not have a
    description like this: "foo is a program that...".

    Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 3.4.1 (The single line
    synopsis) for details. 

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Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>

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