Re: Rule namespaces

[Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>]

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Jesse Houwing writes:
> Hey,
> 
> with the 22 char rulename limit it is sometimes hard to give the 
> rulename itself a meaningful name, especially if the rule includes __ T_ 
> and or a ruleset prefix,

I'm wondering if 22 chars is enough, and 50 for the desc. That really is
quite cramped, and has been causing problems for people working on
rulesets, including ourselves. ;)

IMO we're heading down the road of restricting without much need for that
restriction, and the results are that the descriptions and names often
need to be chopped down to an extent where it's quite hard to figure out
what the rule means, as a result.

I know the idea is to fit under 80 chars, but perhaps we should just be
able to deal with 2-line descriptions instead, and cope with 25-28 char
rule names while we're at it.

- --j.
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