Bug#108416: Format of short description should be mandated
On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 08:02:08PM +0200, Sebastian Rittau wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.5.6.0
> Severity: wishlist
>
> 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.
> (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
> sense (e.g. aRts is a name that should be spelled just like that,
> also please respect non-english package description translations).
Ironic. I was just thinking about this yesterday. Glad to see someone
jumped on the chance. I second this proposal (in so much as I think it
should be mandated). I also believe it should be capital letter, but i
think a period is just superflous (could save several kbytes by removing
it).
I also think that that short description should be as close as possible
to a real sentence. Instead of "Foo makes bread", I think something like
"The Foo library aids in bread creation" is better. I don't think policy
should mandate that though. Just my personal preference :)
Ben
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