Bug#547272: Clarification of the Format field in control files

Russ Allbery writes: > Here's an updated version of the proposed patch. I'm kicking out the next release, so I went ahead and merged this to get it in although the review period for the revision was rather short. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org)

Bug#547272: Clarification of the Format field in control files

Le Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:34:54PM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > > Here's an updated version of the proposed patch. > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index d489738..abb1a8e 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ > > %versiondata; > + > + > ]> > > >

Bug#547272: Clarification of the Format field in control files

Charles Plessy writes: > I wonder if it is a good thing to have the format version number given > two times. How about removing one instance, or adding SGML comments > warning that modification has to be done in two places? Or using a SGML > entity? An SGML entity seems like a good idea. > I al

Bug#547272: Clarification of the Format field in control files

Hi Russ and Emilio, Le Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 07:57:03PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort a écrit : > > > > > > + .changes files have a format version that is > > + incremented whenever the documented fields or their meaning > > + change. This document describes format 1.8. > > +

Bug#547272: Clarification of the Format field in control files

On 22/06/10 19:26, Russ Allbery wrote: > Charles, are you happy with those changes? Everyone else, objections or > seconds? > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index d489738..77850d6 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -2595,15 +2595,21 @@ Package: libc6 > Debian ch

Bug#547272: Clarification of the Format field in control files

char...@kunpuu.plessy.org (Charles Plessy) writes: > The Format field has a different meaning for Debian source control files > and Debian changes files. This patch : > - documents the use and syntax of the Format field for these two types >of control files. > - Specifies the format 1.8 of