Bug#365907: marked as done (debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning)
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.0.0
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The latest version of Debian Policy introduced the following sentence:
> Line breaks in an Uploaders field that spans multiple lines are not
> significant and the semantic meaning of the field is the same as if the
> line breaks had not been present.
"semantic meaning" is a pleonasm. I suggest the fix of removing the word
"semantic" to resolve this. See attached patch.
Thijs
--- policy.sgml.orig 2006-04-26 07:21:17.000000000 +0200
+++ policy.sgml 2006-05-03 18:53:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@
will be permitted to span multiple lines and interpreting
a multiline Uploaders field shall be mandatory.
</footnote>. Line breaks in an Uploaders field that spans
- multiple lines are not significant and the semantic meaning of
+ multiple lines are not significant and the meaning of
the field is the same as if the line breaks had not been
present.
</p>
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.7.2.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.7.2.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.7.2.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.7.2.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.7.2.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.7.2.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.7.2.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 365907@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Format: 1.7
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.7.2.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 328951 365907
Changes:
debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
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* Revert the cgi-lib change.
* Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
(Closes: #328951).
* Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
Files:
d1d9ee5aa308ba1086d50142e9eedc3e 820 doc optional debian-policy_3.7.2.0.dsc
33f90fcbf77db15d70064d9d895dc1a8 786337 doc optional debian-policy_3.7.2.0.tar.gz
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