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Re: [DEP5] clean up the document structure



Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> The current DEP5 document is awkward to read with an eye towards
> implementation.  Several field names are common to more than one
> paragraph type, yet the definitions of these fields are given as part of
> the definition of one paragraph type or the other; and as a result, the
> definitions of each paragraph type are very long and easy to get lost
> in.

> I propose to refactor the document to add a new top-level "Fields"
> section, and to split the definitions of the fields out from the
> information about their usage in each paragraph type.  Patch is
> attached.

> Does this look ok?  Does anyone think there's a better way to do this?
> Have I introduced any errors in the conversion?

Yes, please.  This looks great.  Thank you!

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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