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Bug#953911: debian-policy: clarify documentation of "Closes: #NNNNNN" changelog syntax



Hi Daniel,

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 06:14:02PM +0000, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> The documentation of the "Closes: #NNNNNN" changelog syntax describes
> the syntax in terms of a Perl regular expression.  However, not all
> readers know Perl.  I suggest to describe the semantics in English,
> in addition to or instead of the description in Perl.

oh, wow, ❤️ , very nice catch! 

> -       /closes:\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+(?:,\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+)*/i

the english version is so much easier to read. thanks a lot!


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	Holger

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