rpmlint/description-check.diff

Index: TagsCheck.py
===================================================================
--- TagsCheck.py.orig
+++ TagsCheck.py
@@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ class TagsCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCh
         if not description:
             printError(pkg, 'no-description-tag')
         else:
+            if len(pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_DESCRIPTION].partition('Authors:')[0])-4 < len(pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_SUMMARY]):
+                printWarning(pkg, 'description-shorter-than-summary')
+
             if not pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_HEADERI18NTABLE]:
                 self._unexpanded_macros(pkg, '%description', description)
             else:
@@ -985,6 +988,10 @@ Name tag.''',
 '''The major number of the library isn't included in the package's name.
 ''',
 
+'description-shorter-than-summary',
+'''The package description should be longer than the summary. be a bit more
+verbose, please.''',
+
 'no-provides',
 '''Your library package doesn't provide the -devel name without the major
 version included.''',