Hi, I would like to take this one. I plan to split it in two:
1. A small fix in Deb822._merge_fields so a folded Binary merges with a single-line one, using Colin's test case. No API change. 2. Separately, the larger rework Colin describes: an explicit simple/folded/multiline type for merge_fields, and folding Binary when dumping, as dpkg-genchanges does. Do you want (2) in python-debian, and if so, what API do you prefer: a field-type argument to merge_fields, or a per-class table of field types? I would start with (1) now and only do (2) if you agree on the shape. Thanks, Mathis
