Bug#821363: debian-policy: Allow line-end comments in all Debian packaging control files

[ Also redireting to the bug report. ] On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 11:29:05 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Guillem Jover writes: > > In the case of the copyright file, the document specifying it does not > > list # as valid comment markers. > > When we were drafting that

Bug#821363: debian-policy: Allow line-end comments in all Debian packaging control files

[ Switching from d-p@l.d.o to the bug so that the thread is tracked. ] On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 11:23:19 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Guillem Jover writes: > > On Mon, 2016-04-18 at 14:52:22 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > What is the rationale for explicitly disallowing line-end

Bug#821363: debian-policy: Allow line-end comments in all Debian packaging control files

Hi! On Mon, 2016-04-18 at 14:52:22 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > Control: tags -1 patch > The specification of Debian control files in Policy §5.1 says: > > Lines starting with # without any preceding whitespace are > comments lines that are only

Bug#821363: debian-policy: Allow line-end comments in all Debian packaging control files

Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Control: tags -1 patch The specification of Debian control files in Policy §5.1 says: Lines starting with # without any preceding whitespace are comments lines that are only permitted in source package control files (debian/control). These