description-synopsis-starts-with-article
The first line of the "Description:" should omit any initial indefinite
or definite article: "a", "an", or "the". A good heuristic is that it should
be possible to substitute the package name
and synopsis
into this formula:
The package name
provides {a,an,the,some} synopsis
.
For more information please consult:
- The package synopsis, or short description (Section 6.2.2) in the Debian Developer's Reference
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163
.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.114.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit d219a5a. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check fields/description.
Visibility: warning