On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 10:28:36AM +0100, Markus Braun wrote: > Package: wnpp > Version: N/A; reported 2003-01-07 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : tpb > Version : 0.4.2 > Upstream Author : Markus Braun <markus.braun@krawel.de> > * URL : http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ > * License : GPL > Description : TPB is a little program that enables you to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ you should omit this From the debian-policy (section 5.7.1): The single line synopsis should be kept brief - certainly under 80 characters. Do not include the package name in the synopsis line. The display software knows how to display this already, and you do not need to state it. Remember that in many situations the user may only see the synopsis line - make it as informative as you can. I hope this helps, Jochen -- Omm (0)-(0) http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwstoch/voss/index.html
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