Re: changes to Packages file
On 27 Jul 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Christian" == Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
>
>
> Christian> The following fields are suggested:
>
> Christian> Author: name and email of main upstream author (copyright
> Christian> holder)
> Christian> Original-Site: site/URL at which the package is originally
> Christian> stored
> Christian> Homepage: URL of the "upstream homepage"
>
> I like this, as long as all the field are multiline fields (like
> Description) so multiple authors, upstream sites, and homepages maybe
> accomodated.
Yes, I plan this. I just played a bit with the control fields and
discovered that any field can be a "multi-line field". Just use the same
syntax as for "Description:" field: put one leading space in the first
column and put include `.' for empty lines.
Thanks,
Chris
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