Re: DEP-5: general file syntax
Le Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 02:30:40AM +0200, gregor herrmann a écrit :
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:05:23 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> > That also lets the rule with License be consistent with the rule for other
> > fields, by requiring two leading spaces for any literal text. It also
> > means that we would be using essentially the same formatting conventions
> > as Description (Policy 5.6.13).
>
> I agree, saying "same formatting as in Description in debian/control"
> makes it easier than having to remember different syntaxes.
I am a little bit worried that it may be unwelcomed to have to take extra care
of indentation when using DEP-5. Nevertheless, if we go that way, I think that
we need to make the explanation about the format more precise, since it may be
ambiguous if the above means that the Comment and Disclaimer fields will have a
single line synopsis or not. So I would proposer either ‘same syntax as the
Description field of Debian control files’ if they will have a synopsis or
‘same formatting as the long description of the Description field in Debian
control files’ if only the Files field will contain a syopsis.
I have another comment on details of the DEP's syntax, about the order of
paragraphs. Policy's §5.1 does not specify that the order or paragraphs is
important, while this is a crucial information in DEP-5. If this is not an
omission in §5.1, I recommend that this additional requirement is mentionned in
the DEP.
Have a nice week-end,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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