Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-09-12 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 08:00:41PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, There are some differences in how thee systems define lists; and I think markdown is more forgiving with simple lists Consider that continuing lines in markdown lists do not have to be aligned after the white

Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-09-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 08:00:41PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: So, here is my take on a subset that needs to be supported in policy (I do not think we need titles, don't you agree?) I agree, we don't want titles. a) Unordered lists use asterisks, pluses, and hyphens —

Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-09-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 05:43:01PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Looking at the bug report, I can agree that there is a rough consensusabout using a standard text-based markup language to interpret package long descriptions. What is unclear, though, which of the two equivalent

Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-09-11 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:25:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 05:43:01PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Looking at the bug report, I can agree that there is a rough consensusabout using a standard text-based markup language to interpret package long

Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-09-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, There are some differences in how thee systems define lists; and I think markdown is more forgiving with simple lists Consider that continuing lines in markdown lists do not have to be aligned after the white space: Markdown --8---cut

Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-09-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
package debian-policy user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org usertag 525843 = normative discussion thanks Hi, Looking at the bug report, I can agree that there is a rough consensusabout using a standard text-based markup language to interpret package long descriptions. What is

Bug#525843: support for encoding long descriptions using a standard text-based markup language

2009-04-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.1.0 Severity: wishlist [ submitting bug report as requested at http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2009/04/msg00155.html ] Andreas Tille, has recently (re-)raised the issue of consistent formatting of lists in long descriptions [1,2]. [1]