Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.83
Severity: normal
Hi,
this Description triggers a false positive:
Package: mysql-common
Description: MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf
I: mysql-common: description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly
N:
N: The package synopsis (also known as the "short" description, ie. the
N: first line in the package's "Description:" field) either ends with a
N: full stop "." character or starts another sentence.
Probably add 'e\.?g|i\.?e' to the list of excluded words (currently 'etc').
if ($synopsis =~ m/(?<!etc)\.(?:\s*$|\s+\S+)/i) {
tag 'description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly';
}
I haven't tried it, but I think this could produce a false negative since
the negated lookbehind pattern is not anchored at the beginning of a word:
Description: Misspelled variant of stretc.
Unlikely for etc, but e\.?g|i\.?e would match on
Description: Helpers for typing with a broken leg.
Description: My favorite recipe for apple pie.
Andreas
PS: I made the inner dot optional since that is what lintian used
in the tag's description ...
PPS: what about ellipses?
Description: collection of foo, bar, baz, ... and other words
