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Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines



On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714
> > I would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in
> > .dsc and .changes to span over multiple lines.
> 
> This would be the first field in .dsc and .changes that would permit
> continuation lines.
[...]
> continuation lines there.  I think the current system, where all the
> tools that read debian/control and generate other files from it unwrap
> all the lines, makes a lot of technical sense.

Yes, and the reason for the multi-line support in this field is a
technical reason (line too long for gpg/email transport) so I don't want
to allow it everywhere but only here.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

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