Bug#183572: debian-policy: Documents are not useful from a practical standpoint

[Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr>]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 08:34:37AM +1100, Craig Small wrote:
> To use an example, what fields are in a debian/control file?  What must
> be there and what is optional and what do they all mean?
> 
> Maybe it's B3 of debian policy? Nope, that's out of date.  C.2.2 has the 
> same problem.  There is also confusion about the debian/control file
> and tmp/package/DEBIAN/control file too, some fields are needed in one
> but not the other.
> 
> Now maybe if you gather about 5 different sections and read a few others 
> for definitions, you will get the answer.  But that's a lot of mucking
> around for something that is supposed to be pretty fundamental.

Note that this particular issue will be fixed, I've already done most of the
work on this. I'll Cc: you when I submit the patch so you can second it :)

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