Re: foo++ failing test
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:02:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> writes:
>
> > We should leave the errors: it remains an error in the .dsc to have it
> > multi-line. However, the way to specify uploaders in debian/control may
> > now be multiline, which is useful, and not buggy. Maybe by the letter of
> > the policy, don't know how it really refers to debian/control as opposed
> > to .dsc, but if so the policy should be changed. debian/control is only
> > automagically parsed by dpkg, which puts it folded in the .dsc, where
> > it's automatically parsed by $therest.
>
> This sounds great. Thank you very much for taking care of this update!
>
> The Policy bug in question is #148194. It's somewhat difficult right now
> to say in Policy that folding is allowed for debian/control but not for
> .dsc and .changes, since right now the fields for all three are defined
> together and folding is said to only be allowed if the specific field
> description says it is. This area will require some restructuring to make
> an exception for debian/control.
Yeah, I feared so much.
> Sorry for not following up on this faster. I've been working hard on a
> new WebAuth release and haven't had time for much else in the past few
> days.
Hrmz, but who's been slacking on lintian updates lately? Hint: it's not
you.
--Jeroen
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