Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: normal Hi,
I think the wording in chapter 5 (Control files and their fields) is quite unclear where multi-line fields are allowed. I am mostly interested in debian/control in source files, so I'll just discuss this here. Accoring to [1] only Uploaders and the relationship fields from section 7 are supposed to span multiple (physical) lines, but at least Zack and me got the impression[2] that this is intended for all fields. Adam also agreed that the current wording is not unambiguous[3]. I would like to have a definite list of fields that may span multiple lines. This should also document whether newlines should be preserved as for the Description or Uploaders fields or not. Maybe it would also be good to specify how fields not documented in policy (such as Vcs-* or Python-Version) are supposed to be handled. Regards, Ansgar [1] <http://bugs.debian.org/372731#10> [2] <http://bugs.debian.org/526713#40> [3] <http://bugs.debian.org/526713#25> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110313113806.7110.57987.report...@marvin.43-1.org
