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Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields

From Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy
Subject Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields
Date 2025-10-09 14:50 +0200
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Hello Richard,

Thanks.  Before codifying this in Policy it seems worth checking with
the dpkg maintainers that all the dpkg behaviour is as intended, and
fixing up the dpkg documentation.  This might reveal some rationales for
some of the more surprising behaviours, and also might eliminate the
remaining undefined behaviours.

Then Policy could include a shorter description, that wasn't just a
statement of observed behaviours, but also an explanation of why the
mechanism is the way it is.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org> - 2025-10-08 02:50 +0200
  Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-10-09 14:50 +0200
  Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2025-10-09 22:50 +0200

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