Bug#666726: debian-policy: Clarify if empty control fields are ollowed or not

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 08:37:43PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:23:17AM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> >> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 11:19:15AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> >> > How about the attached patch, that adds "Its value must not be empty."
> >> > after "The field ends at the end of the line or at the end of the last
> >> > continuation line".
> >> Seconded.
> >
> > Would you second the attached version that was posted in this bug
> > already ?
> 
> Looks fine to me, so seconded.
> 
> You might want to fix the commit message: it currently states the
> opposite of the change, i.e. that empty values are *not* allowed in
> source packages whereas that should be the only place where they *are*
> allowed.

Thanks for noticing!
I have updated the git branch to say

Document that empty field values are only allowed in debian/control.

Policy: [5.1] empty field values in control files are only permitted in
the debian/control file of a source package.
Wording:  Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Closes: #666726

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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