Re: packages whose Description first line is merely their name again

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 07:35:19AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > > New and noteworthy packages > > --- > > The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive recently: > > * rtkit -- Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon [97] > > * scenic -- telepresenc

Re: packages whose Description first line is merely their name again

Hello, > There could be a checker added that if the package name equals the first > line of the Description, the package should be given a better > Description first line. Actually, there is already a lintian check for that : http://lintian.debian.org/tags/description-starts-with-package-name.h

packages whose Description first line is merely their name again

> New and noteworthy packages > --- > The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive recently: > * rtkit -- Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon [97] > * scenic -- telepresence software for live performances and installations > [98] > * sea-defender -