Processed: notfound 822059 in 3.9.8, found 822059 in 3.9.8.0

2016-04-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > notfound 822059 3.9.8 Bug #822059 [src:debian-policy] Wrong date in upgrading-checklist The source 'debian-policy' and version '3.9.8' do not appear to match any binary packages No longer marked as found in versions debian-policy/3.9.8. > found 8

Bug#822059: Wrong date in upgrading-checklist

2016-04-20 Thread Reiner Herrmann
Source: debian-policy Version: 3.9.8 Tags: patch Severity: minor Hi, the upgrading-checklist contains an incorrect date for version 3.9.8.0. It was released in April, not in February. 3.9.8 is also not yet pushed to git. Kind regards, Reiner diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-c

Bug#821365: debian-policy: Clarify which characters constitute the syntax of control files

2016-04-20 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2016-04-18 at 15:11:38 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: minor > Control: tags -1 + patch > The description of control file syntax in ยง5.1 references numerous > characters, some by number and some as simple display of the > character, and some as informal n

Bug#821363: debian-policy: Allow line-end comments in all Debian packaging control files

2016-04-20 Thread Guillem Jover
[ Also redireting to the bug report. ] On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 11:29:05 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Guillem Jover writes: > > In the case of the copyright file, the document specifying it does not > > list # as valid comment markers. > > When we were drafting that specification, I at least intended

Bug#821363: debian-policy: Allow line-end comments in all Debian packaging control files

2016-04-20 Thread Guillem Jover
[ Switching from d-p@l.d.o to the bug so that the thread is tracked. ] On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 11:23:19 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Guillem Jover writes: > > On Mon, 2016-04-18 at 14:52:22 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > What is the rationale for explicitly disallowing line-end comments > > > in any