Re: [gentoo-dev] DESCRIPTION size

[Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>]

>>>>> On Sun, 17 May 2009, Mounir Lamouri wrote:

> According to devmanunal [1], DESCRIPTION should be 80 characters max

<nitpicking>
It says "less than 80" so 79 is the maximum. ;-)
</nitpicking>

> but according to repoman, DESCRIPTION should be 100 characters max.
> I'm confused, who should I believe ? :)

> [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/variables/index.html

The devmanual also says "Where possible, try to keep lines no wider
than 80 positions." which would limit DESCRIPTION to 66 characters.

These are guidelines, not strict rules. Keep it shorter if it's
reasonably possible.

Ulrich