# request for new check == wishlist severity 258824 wishlist # indeed, I agree with this request tags 258824 confirmed thanks
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 08:03:50PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.0 > Severity: minor > > http://www.nl.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-pkg-synopsis > recommends that the short single-line description of a package neither starts > with a capital nor end with a full stop(period). It should also not begin with > an article, either definite("the") or indefinite ("a" or "an"). > > About 50% of all packages do not stick to this recommendation. Instead > of a mass-bug-filing I suggest to include the following tests to > lintian: > * does the synopsys start with an article ("the", "a" or "an") > * does it start with a capital > > > > This is analog to the following already included test: > > W: ascpu: description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly > N: > N: The synopsis (first line in the package "Description:" field, the > N: short description) ends with a full stop "." character. This is not > N: necessary, as the synopsis doesn't need to be a full sentence. It is > N: recommended that a descriptive phrase is used instead. > N: > N: Note also that the synopsis is not part of the rest of the > N: "Description:" field. > N: > N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 3.4.1 for details. > N: -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
