On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Ugh. Since when does the developer's reference recommend this? The
> article most definitely belongs...
It is in 6.2.2:
Since the synopsis is a clause, rather than a
full sentence, we recommend that it neither start with a capital nor
end with a full stop (period). It should also not begin with an
article, either definite ("the") or indefinite ("a" or "an").
It might help to imagine that the synopsis is combined with the
package name in the following way:
<package-name> is a <synopsis>.
Cheers,
--
Sam.
