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 -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
