Lintian tag information: debian-changelog-line-too-short (type: pedantic)

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The given line of the latest changelog entry appears to contain a very
terse entry.

This can make it hard for others to understand the changelog entry. Please
keep in mind that:

- It is not uncommon that people read changelog entries that are more
than a decade old to understand why a change was made or why a
package works in a specific way.
- Many users will read the changelog via
apt-listchanges(1)
- The information in debian/changelog is permanent.

Examples for entries that are too short include "dh 11" or simply "R³" -
these could be expanded to, for example:

- Switch to debhelper compat 11.
- Set Rules-Requires-Root: no.

Visibility: pedantic
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/changelog

Affected packages

source version binary tag type tag information count
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-alsa/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-alsa/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-common/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-common/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-daemon/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-daemon/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-gtk/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-gtk/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-jack/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-jack/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-nas/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-nas/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-oss/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-oss/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-text/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-text/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 alsaplayer-xosd/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-xosd/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 libalsaplayer0/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libalsaplayer0/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
alsaplayer 0.99.82-1 libalsaplayer-dev/0.99.82-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libalsaplayer-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:38] 9
birthday 1.6.2-4.1 birthday/1.6.2-4.1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/birthday/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 8
birthday 1.6.2-4.1 birthday/1.6.2-4.1+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/birthday/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
braillegraph 0.3-2 braillegraph/0.3-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short R³. [usr/share/doc/braillegraph/changelog.Debian.gz:5] 1
cal 4.1-1 ccal/4.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/ccal/changelog.Debian.gz:22] 9
cdcd 0.6.6-13.1 cdcd/0.6.6-13.1+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/cdcd/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
cdcd 0.6.6-13.1 cdcd/0.6.6-13.1+b5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/cdcd/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 8
cdcd 0.6.6-13.1 cdcd-dbg/0.6.6-13.1+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/cdcd-dbg/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
cdcd 0.6.6-13.1 cdcd-dbg/0.6.6-13.1+b5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/cdcd-dbg/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 8
cronometer 0.9.9+dfsg1-1 cronometer/0.9.9+dfsg1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/cronometer/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
cthreadpool 0.0+git20231218.4eb5a69-1 cthreadpool-dev/0.0+git20231218.4eb5a69-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP3 [usr/share/doc/cthreadpool-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:8] 1
etherwake 1.09-5 etherwake/1.09-5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/etherwake/changelog.Debian.gz:17] 9
fillets-ng 1.0.1-5 fillets-ng/1.0.1-5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/fillets-ng/changelog.Debian.gz:25] 9
greetd 0.10.3-1 greetd/0.10.3-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NUR. [usr/share/doc/greetd/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 9
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux2/1.0.16-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux2/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 8
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux2/1.0.16-2+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux2/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 1
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux-dev/1.0.16-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 8
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux-dev/1.0.16-2+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 1
libimage-metadata-jpeg-perl 0.159-1 libimage-metadata-jpeg-perl/0.159-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libimage-metadata-jpeg-perl/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 1
listadmin 2.73-1 listadmin/2.73-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/listadmin/changelog.Debian.gz:17] 1
lynis 3.1.1-1 lynis/3.1.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NUR. [usr/share/doc/lynis/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
mapivi 1.2+svn356-1 mapivi/1.2+svn356-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/mapivi/changelog.Debian.gz:26] 1
metar 20190227.1-2 metar/20190227.1-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/metar/changelog.Debian.gz:8] 9
mopac7 1.15-7 libmopac7-1gf/1.15-7 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libmopac7-1gf/changelog.Debian.gz:16] 9
mopac7 1.15-7 libmopac7-dev/1.15-7 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libmopac7-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:16] 9
mopac7 1.15-7 mopac7-bin/1.15-7 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/mopac7-bin/changelog.Debian.gz:16] 9
oaklisp 1.3.7-4 oaklisp/1.3.7-4 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short #;e [usr/share/doc/oaklisp/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 6
oaklisp 1.3.7-4 oaklisp-doc/1.3.7-4 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short #;e [usr/share/doc/oaklisp-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
openjdk-8 8u422-b05-1 openjdk-8-doc/8u422-b05-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short CVEs [usr/share/doc/openjdk-8-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:4] 1
openjdk-8 8u422-b05-1 openjdk-8-jre-headless/8u422-b05-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short CVEs [usr/share/doc/openjdk-8-jre-headless/changelog.Debian.gz:4] 8
pixelize 2.0.0~git20220108.d1f9da9-1 pixelize/2.0.0~git20220108.d1f9da9-1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pixelize/changelog.Debian.gz:9] 8
pixelize 2.0.0~git20220108.d1f9da9-1 pixelize/2.0.0~git20220108.d1f9da9-1+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pixelize/changelog.Debian.gz:9] 1
pngmeta 1.11-10 pngmeta/1.11-10+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pngmeta/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 8
pngmeta 1.11-10 pngmeta/1.11-10+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pngmeta/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 1
pokrok 0.2.0-5 python3-pokrok/0.2.0-5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP3 [usr/share/doc/python3-pokrok/changelog.Debian.gz:9] 1
readucks 0.0.3-5 readucks/0.0.3-5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP3 [usr/share/doc/readucks/changelog.Debian.gz:5] 1
r-other-x4r 1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3 r-other-x4r/1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP3 [usr/share/doc/r-other-x4r/changelog.Debian.gz:8] 8
r-other-x4r 1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3 r-other-x4r/1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP3 [usr/share/doc/r-other-x4r/changelog.Debian.gz:8] 1
ruby-uuidtools 2.2.0-1 ruby-uuidtools/2.2.0-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NUR. [usr/share/doc/ruby-uuidtools/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 1
ruby-uuidtools 2.2.0-1 ruby-uuidtools-doc/2.2.0-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NUR. [usr/share/doc/ruby-uuidtools-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:7] 1
tvoe 0.1-1 tvoe/0.1-1+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short tvoe [usr/share/doc/tvoe/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
tvoe 0.1-1 tvoe/0.1-1+b4 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short tvoe [usr/share/doc/tvoe/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 7
tvoe 0.1-1 tvoe/0.1-1+b5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short tvoe [usr/share/doc/tvoe/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 1
typedload 2.35-1 python3-typedload/2.35-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short Bump [usr/share/doc/python3-typedload/changelog.Debian.gz:4] 1
typedload 2.35-1 python3-typedload-doc/2.35-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short Bump [usr/share/doc/python3-typedload-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:4] 1
xbacklight 1.2.3-1 xbacklight/1.2.3-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/xbacklight/changelog.Debian.gz:23] 9
xlassie 1.8-21 xlassie/1.8-21+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short dh 8 [usr/share/doc/xlassie/changelog.Debian.gz:5] 1
xlassie 1.8-21 xlassie/1.8-21+b3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short dh 8 [usr/share/doc/xlassie/changelog.Debian.gz:5] 8
xpat2 1.07-20+nmu1 xpat2/1.07-20+nmu1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short NMU [usr/share/doc/xpat2/changelog.Debian.gz:3] 9
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.6.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/1:1.6.0-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP5 [usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/changelog.Debian.gz:40] 8
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.6.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/1:1.6.0-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short DEP3 [usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/changelog.Debian.gz:14] 8