On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 07:03:52PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > The perfect is the enemy of the good and both versions really are > sensible to me. I see there are different preferences, but both are > strictly better than the status quo.
I agree and like Helmut I second both patches quoted below as well.
> > diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > index 69467c4..03b1c29 100644
> > --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > @@ -1381,8 +1381,10 @@ A Debian installation can combine packages from
> > multiple architectures.
> > The ``Multi-Arch`` field enables individual packages to declare their
> > support for this feature, and influences the way dependencies are
> > handled. It can be declared in binary package sections of a source
> > -package template control file and in binary package control files. The
> > -permitted field values are ``no`` (default), ``foreign``, ``same`` and
> > +package template control file and in binary package control files.
> > +The ``Multi-Arch`` field should not be added to the binary package
> > +sections for udebs because it does not apply to them.
> > +The permitted field values are ``no`` (default), ``foreign``, ``same`` and
> > ``allowed``. Their semantics are described in the following sections.
> >
> > .. _s-f-Multi-Arch-no:
>
> I second this version. I recognize Guillem's concern, but that does not
> lead me to rejecting this version.
>
> > diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > index 69467c4..124ea96 100644
> > --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > @@ -1381,8 +1381,9 @@ A Debian installation can combine packages from
> > multiple architectures.
> > The ``Multi-Arch`` field enables individual packages to declare their
> > support for this feature, and influences the way dependencies are
> > handled. It can be declared in binary package sections of a source
> > -package template control file and in binary package control files. The
> > -permitted field values are ``no`` (default), ``foreign``, ``same`` and
> > +package template control file and in binary package control files.
> > +The Multi-Arch field does not apply to udebs and should be omitted.
> > +The permitted field values are ``no`` (default), ``foreign``, ``same`` and
> > ``allowed``. Their semantics are described in the following sections.
> >
> > .. _s-f-Multi-Arch-no:
>
> I also second this version. I suggest s/ Multi-Arch / ``Multi-Arch`` /,
> but that is a formatting-only change and does not affect seconds.
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cheers,
Holger
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