RFE: Review Request: <main package name here> - <Summary>

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:18:42PM +1000, David Timms wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >currently the new package creation process in bugzilla:
> >
> >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora%20Extras&format=extras-review
> >
> >suggests using "Review Request: <main package name here>" in
> >bugzilla's summary. It would make the sent mails and bugzilla browsing
> >much more interesting if the package's purpose could already be read
> >off this one-liner.
> >
> >Currently I see some submitted packages and unless I already know the
> >project I can't associate anything with it.
> >
> >Some submitters are already adding the package's summary to
> >bugzilla's, but if the URL above would change the template to suggest
> >always doing so, that would be perfect, thanks! :)
> Is there a limit to the length of the summary field ? Some complicated 
> packages are pretty hard to summarize in a few words ;)

I hope there is a limit. Complicated or not Summaries should be
summaries, I'd even like an rpmlint option to warn when summaries are
half the package's content.

> ---
> I would like to see a final item added to the guidelines:

This is completely off-topic to this thread (also known as thread
hijacking). Why not open up a new one instead?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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