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Bug#628174: debian-policy: Link §7.1 (relationship fields) to §11.1 architecture specification strings



user debian-policy@packages.debian.org
limit package debian-policy
retitle 628174 'debian-policy: Moving the syntax for architecture restrictions from §11 to §7 or §5?'
usertags 628174 + issue
usertags 628174 + informative
severity 628174 wishlist
thanks

Le Sun, May 29, 2011 at 03:53:54PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:08:38AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > Le Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:18:17PM +0100, Stuart Prescott a écrit :
> > > 
> > > Currently, §7.1 refers to the archtecture restriction syntax and architecture
> > > wildards without defining what the syntax for these restrictions is. The
> > > syntax for these clauses is defined in §11.1 (§11.1.1 in particular) but is not
> > > linked to from §7.1.
> > 
> > Dear Stuart and everybody,
> > 
> > the attached patch could add the links.
> 
> Hello Charles, I have applied your patch.
> Not sure if this is sufficient for closing this report, though.

Dear all,

I am triaging this bug so that it does not stay at the top of http://bugs.debian.org/debian-policy

Please provide input or opinions to make the discussion move further.

Quoting Stuart's email, the remaining issue is:

> It is also perhaps somewhat odd that the syntax for architecture restrictions 
> lives in §11 at all, given the rest of the relationship definitions is in
> §7 and the control file syntax definition is in §5.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan



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