Package: display-dhammapada Severity: normal Tags: patch
display-dhammapada, as found in lenny, is in violation of Policy 3.4.1 paragraph 2 [1] and 3.4.2 paragraph 1 [2]. One possible patch which seems to address this particular issue is provided as [3]. The wording may possibly be improved, though. [1] "Do not include the package name in the synopsis line." [2] "Do not try to continue the synopsis line into the extended description" [3] --- control 2008-02-02 18:49:13.000000000 -0600 +++ control.new 2010-01-24 16:01:17.000000000 -0600 @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ Recommends: xbase-clients Section: misc Priority: optional -Description: Dhammapada is a Buddhist scripture which contains sayings of Buddha - in 423 verses. - This program displays a random verse from an English and Polish translation of - the Dhammapada. It works similarly to fortune, so you can place it in your - shell startup script or use it in your e-mail footer. +Description: fortune-like collection of Buddhist sayings + This program displays a random verse from the English or Polish translations of + the Dhammapada, a "verisfied Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the + Buddha himself" (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada) + . + As this program works similarly to fortune, one may use it in shell profiles or + .sig generators, among others. [end 3] -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
