reopen 382477 thanks * Thijs Kinkhorst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061112 00:01]: > On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 23:19 +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > > As I said I agree that there's a good point in saying people should keep > > descriptions to a minimum. In this specific case I inherited a debconf > > template from the previous maintainer, and it listed a step-by-step plan > > to resolve a situation. Due to the formatting this exceeded 20 lines. > > I've now shortened it to be under 20 lines due to some less details in > > the plan. I'm not sure though that this is the best way: I've now made > > things less clear for users. This because I thought there was some kind > > of actual fixed limit. > > Maybe this was not clear: the difference in wording in the devref is > also relevant for overriding. If there's a physical limit, it must be a > Lintian error and overriding it is not sensible. However, if it's a > social limit, there may just be a situation where longer than 20 lines > is actually better than shorter, and an override may be acceptable. Of > course as with any other lintian warnings, those overrides should only > be added in exceptional cases, but they might exist.
That's ok. I'll add reasoning for this recommendation. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
