Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> >>The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the
>> >>source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary
>> >>package that the source tree builds. All the binary packages have a
>> >>corresponding paragraph, except for the possible automatic debug
>> >>packages that do not require one.
>>
>> > There may be better ways to phrase this, but I think there is still a
>> > need for some clarification about this.
>>
>> Seems reasonable to me. Seconded.
> Seconded.
I massaged the wording a bit. Here's what I committed for the next
release:
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2680,9 +2680,12 @@ Package: libc6
</p>
<p>
- The first paragraph of the control file contains information about
- the source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a
- binary package that the source tree builds.
+ The first paragraph of the control file contains information
+ about the source package in general. The subsequent paragraphs
+ each describe a binary package that the source tree builds.
+ Each binary package built from this source package has a
+ corresponding paragraph, except for any automatically-generated
+ debug packages that do not require one.
</p>
<p>
--
Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
