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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/lint.scm7
-rw-r--r--tests/lint.scm10
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/lint.scm b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
index 350a35222c..237709848f 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/lint.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
(define (properly-starts-sentence? s)
(string-match "^[(\"'[:upper:][:digit:]]" s))
+(define (starts-with-abbreviation? s)
+ "Return #t if S starts with what looks like an abbreviation or acronym."
+ (string-match "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]+\\>" s))
+
(define (check-description-style package)
;; Emit a warning if stylistic issues are found in the description of PACKAGE.
(define (check-not-empty description)
@@ -180,7 +184,8 @@ line."
'synopsis)))
(define (check-start-with-package-name synopsis)
- (when (regexp-exec (package-name-regexp package) synopsis)
+ (when (and (regexp-exec (package-name-regexp package) synopsis)
+ (not (starts-with-abbreviation? synopsis)))
(emit-warning package
"synopsis should not start with the package name"
'synopsis)))
diff --git a/tests/lint.scm b/tests/lint.scm
index 9a043c4b59..e77d443264 100644
--- a/tests/lint.scm
+++ b/tests/lint.scm
@@ -202,6 +202,16 @@
(synopsis "Arbitrary precision"))))
(check-synopsis-style pkg))))))
+(test-assert "synopsis: start with abbreviation"
+ (string-null?
+ (call-with-warnings
+ (lambda ()
+ (let ((pkg (dummy-package "uucp"
+ ;; Same problem with "APL interpreter", etc.
+ (synopsis "UUCP implementation")
+ (description "Imagine this is Taylor UUCP."))))
+ (check-synopsis-style pkg))))))
+
(test-assert "inputs: pkg-config is probably a native input"
(->bool
(string-contains