Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-08-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillem Jover writes: > On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 13:33:57 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Raphaël Hertzog writes: >>> In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 I >>> would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in .dsc >>> and .changes to span over mult

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-08-07 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 13:33:57 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphaël Hertzog writes: > > > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 I > > would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in .dsc > > and .changes to span over multiple lines. > > Sorry a

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-08-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 13:33:57 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphaël Hertzog writes: > > > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 I > > would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in .dsc > > and .changes to span over multiple lines. > > Sorr

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-08-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphaël Hertzog writes: > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 I > would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in .dsc > and .changes to span over multiple lines. Sorry about the delay in getting to this. Here is somewhat different proposed

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-23 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 16:29:48 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -3276,7 +3276,9 @@ Package: libc6 > > commas > > A space after each comma is conventional. > > . C

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-21 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -3276,7 +3276,9 @@ Package: libc6 > > commas > > A space after each comma is conventional. > > . Currently the packages

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Hertzog writes: > Yes, and the reason for the multi-line support in this field is a > technical reason (line too long for gpg/email transport) so I don't > want to allow it everywhere but only here. Sorry, I clearly didn't read the original report thoroughly enough. I understand better

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-21 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphaël Hertzog writes: > > > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 > > I would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in > > .dsc and .changes to span over multiple lines. > > This would be the first

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphaël Hertzog writes: > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 > I would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in > .dsc and .changes to span over multiple lines. This would be the first field in .dsc and .changes that would permit continuati

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-20 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -3276,7 +3276,9 @@ Package: libc6 > commas > A space after each comma is conventional. > . Currently the packages must be separated using > - only spaces in the

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-20 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.2.0 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 I would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in .dsc and .changes to span over multiple lines. Here's a suggested patch: --- a/policy.