"Daniel Shahaf" <danie...@apache.org> writes: > Here's a revision of the patch incorporating the feedback so far:
Thank you for this patch! I confirmed that your description matches the regular expression. This has now been applied for the next release of Debian Policy. > [[[ > diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst > index 1d870d9..1c71525 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-source.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-source.rst > @@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ used here to separate groups of changes, if desired. > If this upload resolves bugs recorded in the Bug Tracking System (BTS), > they may be automatically closed on the inclusion of this package into > the Debian archive by including the string: ``closes: Bug#nnnnn`` in > -the change details. [#]_ This information is conveyed via the > -``Closes`` field in the ``.changes`` file (see > -:ref:`s-f-Closes`). > +the change details, where ``#nnnnn`` is the bug number. [#]_ This > +information is conveyed via the ``Closes`` field in the ``.changes`` > +file (see :ref:`s-f-Closes`). > > The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog should be > the details of the person who prepared this release of the package. They > @@ -860,10 +860,19 @@ should not exist a file ``debian/patches/foo.series`` > for any ``foo``. > > /closes:\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+(?:,\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+)*/i > > - Then all of the bug numbers listed will be closed by the archive > + That is: The string should consist of the word ``closes:`` followed by > + a comma-separated list of bug numbers. Bug numbers may be preceded by > + the word ``bug`` and/or a ``#`` sign, as in > + ``Closes: 42, bug#43, #44, bug 45``. > + > + The list of bug numbers may span multiple lines. > + > + All of the bug numbers listed will be closed by the archive > maintenance software (``dak``) using the version of the changelog > entry. > > + The words ``closes:`` and ``bug`` are not case sensitive. > + > .. [#] > In the case of a sponsored upload, the uploader signs the files, but > the changelog maintainer name and address are those of the person who > ]]] -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
