synopsis-is-a-sentence
The package synopsis (also known as the "short" description, ie. the first line in the package's "Description:" field) either ends with a full stop "." character or starts another sentence.
This is not necessary as the synopsis does not need to be a full sentence. It is recommended that a single descriptive phrase is used instead.
Note also that the synopsis is not part of the rest of the "long" Description: field.
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 f5107b6. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check fields/description.
Visibility: info
- description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly