Bug#874206: debian-policy: allow a trailing comma in package relationship fields
On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:03:47 +0200 Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.9.8
>
> I use the `wrap-and-sort` tool to keep my list of dependencies neatly
> sorted and wrapped. In particular, I use the `-t` flag to have a
> trailing comma at the end of the list. For example
>
> Build-Depends:
> foo,
> bar,
> Homepage: …
>
> There, notice how there is a comma after "bar", the last item of the
> list.
>
> I've heard several people in several forums assert that such syntax is
> totally undocumented, despite being accepted by all tools I know of.
I didn't even know this syntax was allowed, and now that I do I'd love
to use it.
Do you know how long this has worked, in apt and dpkg?
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