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On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:01:57 +0200 |
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Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote: |
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> At least in spanish, it's mandatory to end phrases with a dot ".", would |
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> you agree with trying to enforce this trivial change with a repoman |
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> warning? |
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In my opinion, descriptions should not be sentences. Sentences |
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in English not only need to end with a dot but also require a subject |
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and a predicate. That makes them unnecessarily long, filled with |
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useless information like repeated package name and obvious 'is', |
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at least. |
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So, rephrasing the example Alexandre pasted, consider: |
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x11-libs/qt-core - The Qt toolkit is a comprehensive C++ application |
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development framework. |
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vs. |
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x11-libs/qt-core - A comprehensive C++ application development framework |
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Which one is better, in your opinion? |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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