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Bug#782990: lintian: new pedantic check about planned features in package descriptions



Package: lintian
Severity: wishlist

Please add a new pedantic check about use of phrases indicating that the
package description mentions planned features. The package description
should be reserved for current features of the package and planned
features should be in the upstream issue tracker or TODO file.

Tag name:

        description-mentions-planned-features

Tag description:

        Package descriptions should not mention features that are
        planned but not yet implemented. Such statements waste the time
        of people searching for software and are liable to become
        outdated quickly. Please remove statements about future features
        from the description.

Tag severity:

        pedantic

Suggested phrases:

        will soon allow
        soon will allow
        soon will be able
        will soon be able
        will soon support
        soon will support

Packages affected:

        jessie: xoscope libxi
        wheezy: ulogd

False positives:

        None

-- 
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pabs

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