Re: Bug#494714: dpkg-dev - dpkg-genchanges should fold lines
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> I think not, since there treating a field header as a single
> logical line or as a line with continuation lines is conceptually
> indistinguishable (I do not think we need to change any code with the
> new explanation).
[…]
> The part that I want to carry on is that conceptually, a field
> header is a single line, though it might be distributed over several
> physical lines (continuation lines). I don't think the bit about how
> unfolding is to be accomplished need go into policy.
I don't know what this “field header” is that you're referring to. Do
you mean “field”? There's no header involved, only fields, AFAICT.
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