Lintian tag: 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 level tag count information
aiodns 4.0.0-0.1 python3-aiodns/4.0.0-0.1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 NMU. [usr/share/doc/python3-aiodns/changelog.Debian.gz:3]
braillegraph 0.3-2 braillegraph/0.3-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 R³. [usr/share/doc/braillegraph/changelog.Debian.gz:5]
cal 4.1-1 ccal/4.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/ccal/changelog.Debian.gz:22]
dbeacon 0.4.0-3 dbeacon/0.4.0-3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/dbeacon/changelog.Debian.gz:20]
dbeacon 0.4.0-3 dbeacon/0.4.0-3+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/dbeacon/changelog.Debian.gz:20]
dis51 0.5-2 dis51/0.5-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 d/p/ [usr/share/doc/dis51/changelog.Debian.gz:5]
dis51 0.5-2 dis51/0.5-2+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 d/p/ [usr/share/doc/dis51/changelog.Debian.gz:5]
etherwake 1.09-5 etherwake/1.09-5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/etherwake/changelog.Debian.gz:17]
etherwake 1.09-5 etherwake/1.09-5+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/etherwake/changelog.Debian.gz:17]
fillets-ng 1.0.1-5 fillets-ng/1.0.1-5 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/fillets-ng/changelog.Debian.gz:25]
fillets-ng 1.0.1-5 fillets-ng/1.0.1-5+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/fillets-ng/changelog.Debian.gz:25]
libbiblio-isis-perl 0.24-2 libbiblio-isis-perl/0.24-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/libbiblio-isis-perl/changelog.Debian.gz:12]
libcpuid 0.8.1+repack1-0.1 cpuidtool/0.8.1+repack1-0.1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 4 NMU [usr/share/doc/cpuidtool/changelog.Debian.gz:3]
libcpuid 0.8.1+repack1-0.1 libcpuid18/0.8.1+repack1-0.1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 4 NMU [usr/share/doc/libcpuid18/changelog.Debian.gz:3]
libcpuid 0.8.1+repack1-0.1 libcpuid-dev/0.8.1+repack1-0.1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 4 NMU [usr/share/doc/libcpuid-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:3]
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux2/1.0.16-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 6 R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux2/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux2/1.0.16-2+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux2/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux2/1.0.16-2+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux2/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux-dev/1.0.16-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 6 R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux-dev/1.0.16-2+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
libhbalinux 1.0.16-2 libhbalinux-dev/1.0.16-2+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 R³. [usr/share/doc/libhbalinux-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
libimage-metadata-jpeg-perl 0.159-1 libimage-metadata-jpeg-perl/0.159-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libimage-metadata-jpeg-perl/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
mapivi 1.2+svn356-1 mapivi/1.2+svn356-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/mapivi/changelog.Debian.gz:26]
metar 20190227.1-2 metar/20190227.1-2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/metar/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
metar 20190227.1-2 metar/20190227.1-2+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/metar/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
mopac7 1.15-7 libmopac7-1gf/1.15-7 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libmopac7-1gf/changelog.Debian.gz:16]
mopac7 1.15-7 libmopac7-1gf/1.15-7+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libmopac7-1gf/changelog.Debian.gz:16]
mopac7 1.15-7 libmopac7-dev/1.15-7 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libmopac7-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:16]
mopac7 1.15-7 libmopac7-dev/1.15-7+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/libmopac7-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:16]
mopac7 1.15-7 mopac7-bin/1.15-7 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/mopac7-bin/changelog.Debian.gz:16]
mopac7 1.15-7 mopac7-bin/1.15-7+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/mopac7-bin/changelog.Debian.gz:16]
node-argv 0.0.3-1 node-argv/0.0.3-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 typo [usr/share/doc/node-argv/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
pentaho-reporting-flow-engine 0.9.4-6 libpentaho-reporting-flow-engine-java/0.9.4-6 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/libpentaho-reporting-flow-engine-java/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
pentaho-reporting-flow-engine 0.9.4-6 libpentaho-reporting-flow-engine-java-doc/0.9.4-6 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/libpentaho-reporting-flow-engine-java-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
pngmeta 1.11-10 pngmeta/1.11-10+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 5 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pngmeta/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
pngmeta 1.11-10 pngmeta/1.11-10+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pngmeta/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
pngmeta 1.11-10 pngmeta/1.11-10+b3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/pngmeta/changelog.Debian.gz:7]
postmark 1.53-3 postmark/1.53-3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/postmark/changelog.Debian.gz:15]
postmark 1.53-3 postmark/1.53-3+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/postmark/changelog.Debian.gz:15]
r-other-x4r 1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3 r-other-x4r/1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 6 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/r-other-x4r/changelog.Debian.gz: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 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/r-other-x4r/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
r-other-x4r 1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3 r-other-x4r/1.0.1+git20150806.c6bd9bd-3+b2 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/r-other-x4r/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
rungetty 1.2-17 rungetty/1.2-17 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/rungetty/changelog.Debian.gz:23]
rungetty 1.2-17 rungetty/1.2-17+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/rungetty/changelog.Debian.gz:23]
solvate 1.0-3 solvate/1.0-3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/solvate/changelog.Debian.gz:17]
solvate 1.0-3 solvate-doc/1.0-3 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/solvate-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:17]
tardy 1.28-1 tardy/1.28-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 d/p/ [usr/share/doc/tardy/changelog.Debian.gz:11]
tardy 1.28-1 tardy/1.28-1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 d/p/ [usr/share/doc/tardy/changelog.Debian.gz:11]
tcputils 0.6.2+git20120127.c28952d-0.1 tcputils/0.6.2+git20120127.c28952d-0.1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 7 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/tcputils/changelog.Debian.gz:9]
tcputils 0.6.2+git20120127.c28952d-0.1 tcputils/0.6.2+git20120127.c28952d-0.1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/tcputils/changelog.Debian.gz:9]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd4.9.0/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Fixes [usr/share/doc/libuhd4.9.0/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd4.9.0/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Notes [usr/share/doc/libuhd4.9.0/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd4.9.0-dpdk/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 3 Notes [usr/share/doc/libuhd4.9.0-dpdk/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd4.9.0-dpdk/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 3 Fixes [usr/share/doc/libuhd4.9.0-dpdk/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd4.9.0-dpdk-tests/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 3 Notes [usr/share/doc/libuhd4.9.0-dpdk-tests/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd4.9.0-dpdk-tests/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 3 Fixes [usr/share/doc/libuhd4.9.0-dpdk-tests/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd-dev/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Fixes [usr/share/doc/libuhd-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 libuhd-dev/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Notes [usr/share/doc/libuhd-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 python3-uhd/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Notes [usr/share/doc/python3-uhd/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 python3-uhd/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Fixes [usr/share/doc/python3-uhd/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 uhd-doc/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 Fixes [usr/share/doc/uhd-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 uhd-doc/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 Notes [usr/share/doc/uhd-doc/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 uhd-host/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Notes [usr/share/doc/uhd-host/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 uhd-host/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 Fixes [usr/share/doc/uhd-host/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 uhd-rfnoc-dev/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 Fixes [usr/share/doc/uhd-rfnoc-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:6]
uhd 4.9.0.1-1 uhd-rfnoc-dev/4.9.0.1-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 Notes [usr/share/doc/uhd-rfnoc-dev/changelog.Debian.gz:8]
xbacklight 1.2.3-1 xbacklight/1.2.3-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 8 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/xbacklight/changelog.Debian.gz:23]
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.6.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/1:1.6.0-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 6 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/changelog.Debian.gz:14]
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.6.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/1:1.6.0-1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 6 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/changelog.Debian.gz:40]
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.6.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/1:1.6.0-1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP3 [usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/changelog.Debian.gz:14]
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.6.0-1 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/1:1.6.0-1+b1 pedantic debian-changelog-line-too-short 1 DEP5 [usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-cirrus/changelog.Debian.gz:40]