Bug#898721: lintian -- maybe false positive on description-starts-with-package-name
Chris Lamb wrote: > > I am not sure whether this is a good english expression, but if so, this > > is a false positive: > > > > Description: base58 encode/decode: command-line interface > > It's "valid" but very clunky. Could you suggest they use, for example: > > command-line interface to encode and decode base58 integers > > ? > > Moreover, I'm not sure what pattern would deterministically detect > this as a false-positive... Gentle ping on this? Just trying to work out what to do next with respect to Lintian and this bug number. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#898721: lintian -- maybe false positive on description-starts-with-package-name
tags 898721 + moreinfo thanks Hi Thorsten, > I am not sure whether this is a good english expression, but if so, this > is a false positive: > > Description: base58 encode/decode: command-line interface It's "valid" but very clunky. Could you suggest they use, for example: command-line interface to encode and decode base58 integers ? Moreover, I'm not sure what pattern would deterministically detect this as a false-positive... Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#898721: lintian -- maybe false positive on description-starts-with-package-name
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.82~bpo9+1 Severity: normal I am not sure whether this is a good english expression, but if so, this is a false positive: Description: base58 encode/decode: command-line interface lintian check for base58_1.0.0-1_all.deb N: 'base58 encode/decode' is a description of what the package does, not N: a repeat of the package name. O: base58: description-starts-with-package-name Thorsten
