El vie, 19-10-2012 a las 22:37 +0200, Michał Górny escribió:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:01:57 +0200
> Pacho Ramos <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > At least in spanish, it's mandatory to end phrases with a dot ".", would
> > you agree with trying to enforce this trivial change with a repoman
> > warning?
> 
> In my opinion, descriptions should not be sentences. Sentences
> in English not only need to end with a dot but also require a subject
> and a predicate. That makes them unnecessarily long, filled with
> useless information like repeated package name and obvious 'is',
> at least.
> 
> So, rephrasing the example Alexandre pasted, consider:
> 
> x11-libs/qt-core - The Qt toolkit is a comprehensive C++ application
>                    development framework.
> 
> vs.
> 
> x11-libs/qt-core - A comprehensive C++ application development framework
> 
> Which one is better, in your opinion?
> 

Well, I my case I would prefer second sentence... but it would still end
with a dot. But if it sounds rare for you, no problem.

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