[EPEL-devel] [EPEL] #26: EPEL should enforce erratum title length

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#26: EPEL should enforce erratum title length
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  Reporter:  stbenjam        |      Owner:  epel-wranglers
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  critical        |  Milestone:
 Component:  Policy problem  |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:  errata
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Comment (by stbenjam):

 {{{
 The issue is that it is coming across that you are asking is that Fedora
 and EPEL change how they have been doing titles for 8->10 years because
 you have a 255 character limit. So while RHEL fits into that, its upstream
 does not and has not. Getting it changed will be a lot more yak shaving
 and politics than using a quick fix.
 }}}

 No, I'm asking EPEL and Fedora to change how they do things to make sense.
 I have no problem making sure we handle long titles in Katello in a
 sensible way instead of failing, and we will do that.  I have no control
 over Pulp, and I hope they do the same. But I don't see how you think it's
 valid for EPEL and Fedora to abuse title to display something that's not
 particularly useful to users, and a duplication of data that's already in
 an erratum.

 Really I know I don't have a leg to stand on - there's no defined schema
 for updatainfo.xml that I know of, so if you want to make the titles the
 complete works of Shakespeare, you're not breaking any rules.

 That doesn't mean it's not ridiculous.

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