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Bug#1020248: [Git][dbnpolicy/policy][master] 2 commits: Use stanza to refer to deb822 parts instead of paragraph



On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:03:28 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:

> In the end nothing will match exactly, and we need to choose some
> terminology. In this case, as previously mentioned, «stanza» has the
> good properties of not usually applying to prose, being short, distinct
> from the other terms and the less ambiguous of them all. It also makes
> constructing sentences to describe things less cumbersome.

FWIW, and knowing this is not a popularity vote, as yet another
non-native speaker-with a different first language-I also like
"stanza" and agree with Guillem's arguments.

Additionally I'd like to mention that also some software uses this
term:

/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Control/Stanza
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Control/Stanza.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Control/Stanza/Binary.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Control/Stanza/CommaSeparated.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Control/Stanza/Source.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Copyright/Stanza
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Copyright/Stanza.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Copyright/Stanza/Files.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Copyright/Stanza/Header.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Copyright/Stanza/License.pm
/usr/share/perl5/Debian/Copyright/Stanza/OrSeparated.pm

(That's dh-make-perl and libdebian-copyright-perl. Also
libparse-debcontrol-perl talks about "stanzas" in its documentation.)
 

Cheers
gregor

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