On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 21:29 -0600, Jimmy Latouche wrote:
Hello everybody
I've got a simple question about submitting a package to AUR: the PKGBUILD I'm working on is a scanner driver for EPSON printers, but it's list of supported models is quite long and I wouldn't want to left out some models unmentioned since users of those models won't benefit from it.
My original pkgdesc line was as follows (same as on EPSON's site):
pkgdesc="Epson scanner driver (DS-40, DS-50000, DS-510, DS-520, DS- 5500, DS-560, DS-60000, DS-6500, DS-70000, DS-7500, DS-760, DS-860, EP- 10VA Series, EP-808A Series, EP-978A3 Series, ET-2500 Series, ET-2550 Series, ET-4500 Series, ET-4550 Series, L220 Series, L222 Series, L360 Series, L362 Series, L365 Series, L366 Series, L455 Series, L565 Series, L566 Series, L655 Series, PX-M7050 Series, PX-M7050FP, PX-M7050FX, PX- M840FX, PX-M860F, WF-6530 Series, WF-6590 Series, WF-8510 Series, WF-8590 Series, WF-R8590 Series, XP-220 Series, XP-230 Series, XP-235 Series, XP-332 335 Series, XP-430 Series, XP-432 435 Series, XP-530 Series, XP-630 Series, XP-830 Series, XP-960 Series)"
Then I tried this other one ("series" and some white spaces removed):
pkgdesc="Epson scanner driver (DS-40, DS-50000, DS-510, DS-520, DS- 5500, DS-560, DS-60000, DS-6500, DS-70000, DS-7500, DS-760, DS-860, EP- 10VA ,EP-808A , EP-978A3, ET-2500, ET-2550, ET-4500, ET-4550, L220, L222, L360, L362, L365, L366, L455, L565, L566, L655, PX-M7050, PX- M7050FP, PX-M7050FX, PX-M840FX, PX-M860F, WF-6530, WF-6590, WF-8510, WF-8590, WF-R8590, XP-220, XP-230, XP-235, XP-332 335, XP-430, XP-432 435, XP-530, XP-630, XP-830, XP-960 )"
When I try to upload this package I get the message "remote: error: pkgdesc field too long:"
So, I have two questions relating to this issue:
- If I cannot provide such a long description on the pkgdesc field then is there any other way I can indicate the list of supported models?
- What is the limit for this particular string?
Thanks in advance
Jimmy
The limit is 255 characters. If I may make a suggestion, make a brief description like "Scanner driver for EPSON printers" and put the list in a comment and soon when aurweb 4.2.0 is released, there will be a comment pinning system that you can use to pin that comment to the top. This way, you can still list them, but keep the description brief. Mark Weiman