Package: src:libonig
Version: 5.9.5-3.2
Severity: normal
Control: tags -1 + patch

The package description for each binary package should stand alone.
Each package's extended description must also not rely on the
synopsis. Also, the synopsis should be a clause that does not repeat
the package name. See Policy §3.4.

My suggestion for the package descriptions is:


=== modified file 'debian/control'
--- debian/control      
revid:b...@benfinney.id.au-20141228111112-50plcb2m2tdqpwts
+++ debian/control      2015-01-03 05:51:31 +0000
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
  ${shlibs:Depends}
 Pre-Depends:
  ${misc:Pre-Depends}
-Description: Oniguruma regular expressions library
- The characteristics of this library is that different
- character encoding for every regular expression object 
- can be specified.
+Description: regular expressions library
+ Oniguruma is a library for working with regular expressions.
+ .
+ Different character encoding for every regular expression object can
+ be specified.
 
 Package: libonig2-dbg
 Section: debug
@@ -33,10 +34,11 @@
  ${misc:Depends}, 
  ${shlibs:Depends}, 
  libonig2 (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Debugging symbols for libonig2
- The characteristics of this library is that different 
- character encoding for every regular expression object 
- can be specified.
+Description: regular expressions library — debugging symbols
+ Oniguruma is a library for working with regular expressions.
+ .
+ Different character encoding for every regular expression object can
+ be specified.
  .
  This package provides the debugging symbols.
 
@@ -48,9 +50,10 @@
  ${misc:Depends}, 
  ${shlibs:Depends}, 
  libonig2 (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Development files for libonig2
- The characteristics of this library is that different 
- character encoding for every regular expression object 
- can be specified.
+Description: regular expressions library — development files
+ Oniguruma is a library for working with regular expressions.
+ .
+ Different character encoding for every regular expression object can
+ be specified.
  .
  This package provides development files and static libraries.




-- 
 \       “Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe |
  `\   or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” —Arthur C. Clarke, |
_o__)                                                             1999 |
Ben Finney <b...@benfinney.id.au>

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