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Bug#172022: FWD: Re: description writing guide



Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:33:06PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Package: debian-policy
> > 
> > The dropping of the packaging manual seems increasinly hasty and
> > ill-thought-out, when important documentation like this turns out to
> > have been dropped from debian in the process.
> 
> Get your facts straight before casting accusations like that.
> Many important things from that text are in Policy section 5.7.

Er, I was there at the time, and IIRC protested the dropping of the
Manual at the time. Section 5.7 does not have any documentation about
the format of the description field.

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see shy jo

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