Re: DEP-5: Comment field
Le Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:57:34AM +1200, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
> The Comment field has been suggested for DEP-5.
>
> There is a pretty clear consensus that we want it. Thus, I propose this
> to be added to the section explaining fields in the header (the
> paragraph with Format etc):
>
> * **`Comment`**
> * Optional
> * Single occurrence per paragraph, can occur in each paragraph.
> * Value: formatted text, no synopsis
> * Description: This field can provide additional information. For
> example, it might quote an e-mail from the Debian ftpmaster team
> justifying why the license is acceptable to the main archive, or
> an explanation of how this version of the package has been forked
> from a version known to be DFSG-free, even though the current
> upstream version is not.
>
> Comments on Comment?
Common comments come on.
- Will paragraphs that contain only a Comment field be valid ?
- Is the purpose of the field to be displayed after parsing, or only to
provide complements of information in the source file ?
- If we take the Policy strictly, comments lines starting by ‘#’ are only
allowed in §5.2 (Source package control files -- debian/control),
which we do not refer to in the DEP. Will the DEP also accept such
comment lines ?
Cheers,
--
Charles
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