On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 01:10:14AM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> cd /tmp/
> diff -u -L /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.sgml.gz -L 
> /tmp/policy.sgml.new /tmp/jka-com6962AcG /tmp/policy.sgml.new
> --- /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.sgml.gz
> +++ /tmp/policy.sgml.new
> @@ -2397,7 +2397,9 @@
>  
>         <p>
>           The single line synopsis should be kept brief - certainly
> -         under 80 characters.
> +         under 80 characters.  This should be a sentence fragment
> +         which summarizes the key features provided by the package.
> +         It should not end in a full stop (`.').
>         </p>
>  
>         <p>

I second this.  We should also discourage capitalization of the first
letter in a package description.  (I.e., don't make it a capital letter
if it wouldn't be one in the middle of a sentence.)

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