Bug#108416: Format of short description should be mandated

[Sebastian Rittau <srittau@jroger.in-berlin.de>]

On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 04:35:42PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 08:02:08PM +0200, Sebastian Rittau wrote:

Gnnn...

> > Currently, most package start the short package description with a
> > capital letter, but some don't. Also, some short descriptions end
> > with a period, some don't. I think, policy state, what is correct.
                                              ^
					   should

> > (I would prefer capital letter and period, but that's just a personal
> > preference.) Of course, policy shouldn't be too strict about that
> > as there may be cases where for example a capital letter doesn't

make

> > sense (e.g. aRts is a name that should be spelled just like that,
> > also please respect non-english package description translations).

Two missing words in one paragraph... I really should start again to
re-read what I have written before sending mail.

> I also think that that short description should be as close as possible
> to a real sentence.

Agreed. Thatswhy I prefer the period. :)

 - Sebastian