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Re: DEP-5: Comment field



On to, 2010-08-26 at 08:57 +1200, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Comments on Comment?

>From the absence of further comments I assume there is consensus. If
I've overlooked anything, please tell me. Attached is the diff of the
changes I'm merging into the master draft.
=== modified file 'dep5.mdwn'
--- dep5.mdwn	2010-08-23 02:48:51 +0000
+++ dep5.mdwn	2010-08-25 21:30:50 +0000
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@
      12.5](
      http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile))
 
+ * **`Comment`**
+   * Optional
+   * Single occurrence per paragraph, can occur in each paragraph.
+   * Value: formatted text, no synopsis
+   * Description: This field can provide additional information. For
+     example, it might quote an e-mail from upstream
+     justifying why the license is acceptable to the main archive, or
+     an explanation of how this version of the package has been forked
+     from a version known to be DFSG-free, even though the current
+     upstream version is not.
+
 Examples:
 
 	Format: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?op=file&rev=135


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