Revision: debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-2
Archive: srivasta@debian.org--etch
Creator: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Date: Tue Apr 25 16:47:07 CDT 2006
Standard-date: 2006-04-25 21:47:07 GMT
Modified-files: ChangeLog debian/changelog policy.sgml
    upgrading-checklist.html
New-patches: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-2
Summary: [AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in debian/control
Keywords: 

* policy.sgml: Mention that all fields, except the Uploaders, are supposed
  to be a single logical line, which may be spread over multiple physical
  lines (newline followed by space is elided). Also mention that anything
  parsing the control file must allow for a multi-line uploaders field.

* upgrading-checklist.html (issue): Mention the mutiline fields in
  control file.
