Hi! On Thu, 2017-03-02 at 09:57:43 +0000, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > Source: dpkg > Version: 1.8.22 > Severity: wishlist
> after that implementation, uploading a changes file results in a > missing description on the PTS website. > e.g. bglibs on experimental > https://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bglibs/news/20170227T154835Z.html > > do you think it can be fixed? Sure, and the contents for this specific field are probably the only ones that makes sense applying variable subsitutions for anyway. I've fixed this now, and queued a patch for 1.19.x. Do you know if there are many such problematic packages in the archive? If so, given that it's a one-liner fix, I might be tempted to try to get it merged in 1.18.x… Thanks, Guillem