On 2017-06-01 09:16, Simon McVittie wrote: > From: ... > Date: ... > Subject: First line of description > > More description > more description > yet more description > > Bug-Debian: ... > Applied-upstream: ... > More-DEP3-fields-in-pseudo-header: ... > --- > optional diffstat here > > diff --git ... > ... > > but this style (which is a DEP3 invention, and not used outside Debian and its > derivatives) is not: > > Author: ... > Description: First line of description > More description > more description > yet more description > Bug-Debian: ...
So to me it looks like the required changes are: * Rename Author field to From. Ensure it is first field. * Add Date field. Set to what? * Rename Description to Subject. * Ensure blank line before description. * Remove space at start of every line in description. * Ensure blank line after description. The Applied-upstream field looks nice to have, but maybe not essential. Is this correct? Did I miss anything? A tool to automate some, if not all of this, would be good.
