Russ Allbery <[email protected]> writes:
> Description and Changes in *.changes are also required to use this
> syntax. We should probably use the same language for those fields as
> well.
I've applied the following, which I think is informational, although it's
a bit more specific about Description in *.changes than what we had. If
anyone objects, let me know, and I can go through the normal approval
process.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9dafa0e..0a01f52 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
* Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
+ * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
+ for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
+ add more details about the contents of the Description field in
+ a *.changes file.
* Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
Source field descriptions.
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 50d28db..26f0357 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -3101,18 +3101,16 @@ Package: libc6
</p>
<p>
- In a <file>.changes</file> file, the <tt>Description</tt> field
- contains a summary of the descriptions for the packages being
- uploaded.
+ In a <file>.changes</file> file, the <tt>Description</tt>
+ field contains a summary of the descriptions for the packages
+ being uploaded. For this caes, the first line of the field
+ value (the part on the same line as <tt>Description:</tt>) is
+ always empty. The content of the field is expressed as
+ continuation lines, one line per package. Each line is
+ indented by one space and contains the name of a binary
+ package, a space, a hyphen (<tt>-</tt>), a space, and the
+ short description line from that package.
</p>
-
- <p>
- The part of the field before the first newline is empty;
- thereafter each line has the name of a binary package and
- the summary description line from that binary package.
- Each line is indented by one space.
- </p>
-
</sect1>
<sect1 id="f-Distribution">
@@ -3229,10 +3227,12 @@ Package: libc6
</p>
<p>
- There should be nothing in this field before the first
- newline; all the subsequent lines must be indented by at
- least one space; blank lines must be represented by a line
- consisting only of a space and a full stop.
+ The first line of the field value (the part on the same line
+ as <tt>Changes:</tt>) is always empty. The content of the
+ field is expressed as continuation lines, with each line
+ indented by at least one space. Blank lines must be
+ represented by a line consisting only of a space and a full
+ stop (<tt>.</tt>).
</p>
<p>
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Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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