Bug#566606: openoffice.org: package synopsis for some l10n packages exceeds limit set by policy
severity 566606 important
tag 566606 + wontfix
thanks
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 01:44:53PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Package: openoffice.org
> Version: 1:3.1.1-14
> Severity: serious
> Tags: patch
> Justification: Policy 3.4.1
Wrong. This is "should", not "must".
How is this serious? :)
> The l10n packages for OpenOffice.org have a synopsis containing the
> locale name, as generated by ‘ooo-build/bin/openoffice-xlate-lang’.
> This can lead to some packages with a synopsis that exceeds the length
> set by Debian policy §3.4.1.
True.
> The attached Bazaar change bundle (made against the ‘unstable’
> repository, at r1472) addresses this bug. It does so by generating
> package synopses that, instead of the locale name, use the (shorter)
> locale code.
No, please not. Besides that it just would duplicate info from the
package file, who knows what bo is? (if bo actually worked). Noone
except Tibetans, probably. But it should be obvious what the package
is *without* knowing all the locales.
Grüße/Regards,
René
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