2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M guix/scripts/lint.scm
M tests/lint.scm

@@ 88,7 88,8 @@
                     'description)))
 
   (define (check-proper-start description)
-    (unless (properly-starts-sentence? description)
+    (unless (or (properly-starts-sentence? description)
+                (string-prefix-ci? (package-name package) description))
       (emit-warning package
                     "description should start with an upper-case letter or digit"
                     'description)))

@@ 72,6 72,15 @@
                           (check-description-style pkg))))
                     "description should start with an upper-case letter")))
 
+(test-assert "description: may start with lower-case package name"
+  (not
+   (string-contains (call-with-warnings
+                      (lambda ()
+                        (let ((pkg (dummy-package "x"
+                                     (description "x is a dummy package."))))
+                          (check-description-style pkg))))
+                    "description should start with an upper-case letter")))
+
 (test-assert "description: two spaces after end of sentence"
   (->bool
    (string-contains (call-with-warnings