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>>>>> On Sun, 17 May 2009, Mounir Lamouri wrote: |
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> According to devmanunal [1], DESCRIPTION should be 80 characters max |
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It says "less than 80" so 79 is the maximum. ;-) |
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> but according to repoman, DESCRIPTION should be 100 characters max. |
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> I'm confused, who should I believe ? :) |
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> [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html |
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The devmanual also says "Where possible, try to keep lines no wider |
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than 80 positions." which would limit DESCRIPTION to 66 characters. |
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These are guidelines, not strict rules. Keep it shorter if it's |
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reasonably possible. |
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Ulrich |
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