[aur-general] About package description (pkgdesc) size

[Patrick Burroughs (Celti)]

On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:17:50 -0500
Mark Weiman <mark.weiman at markzz.com> wrote:

> 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

If I might suggest, something like the following would be both brief
and most importantly searchable:

pkgdesc="Epson scanner driver for DS/EP/ET/L/PX/WF/XP series (some models)"

This way people searching the AUR can get a quick idea of if it will
work without needing to check the comments, while still being short
enough to be manageable.

~Celti
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