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Bug#971977: debian-policy: debian/changelog date syntax description inconsistent/ambiguous wrt. to day of month



Hi Guillem,

thanks for your prompt concurrence with both, #971977 and #971975.

One nitpick:

Guillem Jover wrote:
> Right. I've clarified this now locally for deb-changelog(5) as follows:
>   +Is a one- or two-digit day of the month (B<01>-B<31>), where the heading
                                                                      ^^^^^^^
>   +zero is optional, but conventionally does not get omitted.
[...]
>    Any line that consists entirely (i.e., no leading whitespace) of B<#>
                                               ^^^^^^^
>    or B</* */> style comments or RCS keywords.

You once use "heading" and once "leading". Is this on purpose? At
least for "whitespace" the term "leading whitespace" seems to be the
common one, so I'm not sure if "heading zero" is really a proper
term. (But then again, English is not my mother tongue and I might be
wrong here.)

		Regards, Axel
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