On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Beatrice Torracca wrote:
> «The value should be a normal URI to a text file, expect that package
> specific data is replaced with the placeholder
> @CHANGEPATH@. The value for it is: 1. if the package is
> from a component (e.g. main) this is the first part
> otherwise it is omitted, 2. the first letter of source package name, expect
> if the source package name starts with 'lib' in which case
> it will be the first four letters. 3. The complete source package name. 4.
> the complete name again and 5. the source version.»
>
> I think both occurrence of "expect" should be instead "except".
Right!
> Afterwards in the same page there is:
>
> «Package action lines consist of five fields in Version 2: old version,
> direction of version change ( for upgrades, for downgrades, = for no
> change), new version, action.»
>
> Unless I am missing something those are only 4 fields, not 5 (1 old version,
> 2 direction of change, 3 new version, 4 action). (Maybe it was related to
> Version 3 with the Multiarch field too??, just a thought, I am not sure).
You aren't missing something, the sentence is: The first (and therefore
fifth) field is the package name…
> Very shortly after that there is a quote missing (the opening quote for the
> type "foreign" in
> «In Version 3 after each version field follows the architecture
> of this version, which is "-" if there is no version, and a field showing
> the MultiArch type "same", foreign", "allowed" or "none".»
Added.
> I hope I am not wasting your time.
Of course you aren't. These silly mistakes shouldn't be in files we hand
out – as that is wasting *your* time… so, sorry about that & thanks for
the report and [informal] patch!
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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