guix: lint: Check for proper end-of-sentence space.

* guix/scripts/lint.scm (start-with-capital-letter?): Handle empty
  strings.
  (check-description-style): New check for end-of-sentence space.
* tests/lint.scm: Test it.

guix/scripts/lint.scm

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ (define-module (guix scripts lint)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 regex)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 format)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
@@ -75,17 +77,41 @@ (define (list-checkers-and-exit)
   (exit 0))
 
 (define (start-with-capital-letter? s)
-  (char-set-contains? char-set:upper-case (string-ref s 0)))
+  (and (not (string-null? s))
+       (char-set-contains? char-set:upper-case (string-ref s 0))))
 
 (define (check-description-style package)
   ;; Emit a warning if stylistic issues are found in the description of PACKAGE.
- (let ((description (package-description package)))
+  (define (check-starts-with-upper-case description)
-   (when (and (string? description)
+    (unless (start-with-capital-letter? description)
-              (not (string-null? description))
+      (emit-warning package
-              (not (start-with-capital-letter? description)))
+                    "description should start with an upper-case letter"
-     (emit-warning package
+                    'description)))
-                   "description should start with an upper-case letter"
+
-                   'description))))
+  (define (check-end-of-sentence-space description)
+    "Check that an end-of-sentence period is followed by two spaces."
+    (let ((infractions
+           (reverse (fold-matches
+                     "\\. [A-Z]" description '()
+                     (lambda (m r)
+                       ;; Filter out matches of common abbreviations.
+                       (if (find (lambda (s)
+                                   (string-suffix-ci? s (match:prefix m)))
+                                 '("i.e" "e.g" "a.k.a" "resp"))
+                           r (cons (match:start m) r)))))))
+      (unless (null? infractions)
+        (emit-warning package
+                      (format #f "sentences in description should be followed ~
+by two spaces; possible infraction~p at ~{~a~^, ~}"
+                              (length infractions)
+                              infractions)
+                      'description))))
+
+  (let ((description (package-description package)))
+    (when (string? description)
+      (begin
+        (check-starts-with-upper-case description)
+        (check-end-of-sentence-space description)))))
 
 (define (check-inputs-should-be-native package)
   ;; Emit a warning if some inputs of PACKAGE are likely to belong to its

tests/lint.scm

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -53,6 +54,34 @@ (define (call-with-warnings thunk)
                           (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
+                      (lambda ()
+                        (let ((pkg (dummy-package "x"
+                                     (description "Bad. Quite bad."))))
+                          (check-description-style pkg))))
+                    "sentences in description should be followed by two spaces")))
+
+(test-assert "description: end-of-sentence detection with abbreviations"
+  (not
+   (string-contains (call-with-warnings
+                      (lambda ()
+                        (let ((pkg (dummy-package "x"
+                                     (description
+                                      "E.g. Foo, i.e. Bar resp. Baz (a.k.a. DVD)."))))
+                          (check-description-style pkg))))
+                    "sentences in description should be followed by two spaces")))
+
+(test-assert "synopsis: not empty"
+  (->bool
+   (string-contains (call-with-warnings
+                      (lambda ()
+                        (let ((pkg (dummy-package "x"
+                                     (synopsis ""))))
+                          (check-synopsis-style pkg))))
+                    "synopsis should not be empty")))
+
 (test-assert "synopsis: does not start with an upper-case letter"
   (->bool
    (string-contains (call-with-warnings