Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.8 I use the `wrap-and-sort` tool to keep my list of dependencies neatly sorted and wrapped. In particular, I use the `-t` flag to have a trailing comma at the end of the list. For example
Build-Depends: foo, bar, Homepage: … There, notice how there is a comma after "bar", the last item of the list. I've heard several people in several forums assert that such syntax is totally undocumented, despite being accepted by all tools I know of. Indeed, policy doesn't explicitly allow (but AFAIK neither disallow) such syntax. Nonetheless, I'd prefer if some tweaks could be done to the policy to stop these annoying comments :) I think such stuff belongs to § 7.1 "Syntax of relationship fields", but I can't really image what to write and where. FTR, this bug was triggered by <https://bugs.debian.org/760021#20>. -- regards, Mattia Rizzolo GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18 4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540 .''`. more about me: https://mapreri.org : :' : Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri `. `'` Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia `-
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