{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104","id":71246425,"number":104,"title":"Omit description of .deb archive if not specified in build script","user":{"login":"holgerstolzenberg","id":282736,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/282736?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg","html_url":"https://github.com/holgerstolzenberg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-04-27T10:36:21Z","updated_at":"2015-04-27T14:26:55Z","closed_at":null,"body":"If you leave away the 'description' within the `ospackage` DSL then the final .deb archive (within its meta information) will contain an entry 'null' below the summary. That doesn´t not look very professional.\r\n\r\nIf specifying `description = ''`, then the description will be left away completely in the final archive.\r\n\r\nI think if the `description` is left away, it should disappear from the final package without having to explicitly set it to an empty string."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/comments/96674728","html_url":"https://github.com/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104#issuecomment-96674728","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/issues/104","id":96674728,"user":{"login":"holgerstolzenberg","id":282736,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/282736?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg","html_url":"https://github.com/holgerstolzenberg","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holgerstolzenberg/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-27T14:26:55Z","updated_at":"2015-04-27T14:26:55Z","body":"Hm, setting `ospackage.packageDescription = ''` to an empty string also causes the `null` entry in the metadata.\r\n\r\n```groovy\r\nospackage {\r\n  packageName = \"any-utils\"\r\n  version = debVersion()\r\n  release = debRelease()\r\n  epoch = 0\r\n  summary = \"A collection of shell scripts that ease the use of the BDWH MI cluster.\"\r\n  packageDescription = ''\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n![deb-meta-data](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/282736/7349545/3505ebca-ecfa-11e4-84ee-3fcf59fb8fa4.png)\r\n"}}