r99 - /web/deps/dep3.mdwn

[hertzog at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: hertzog
Date: Tue Aug 25 23:43:36 2009
New Revision: 99

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/?sc=1&rev=99
Log:
Mention difference with RFC 2822

Modified:
    web/deps/dep3.mdwn

Modified: web/deps/dep3.mdwn
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep3.mdwn?rev=99&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- web/deps/dep3.mdwn (original)
+++ web/deps/dep3.mdwn Tue Aug 25 23:43:36 2009
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@
 
 Structure
 ---------
-The meta-information would be stored in a set of RFC-2822 compliant
-fields. Those fields should start on the first non-empty line (after
-having stripped whitespace characters at the start and end of lines).
+The meta-information would be stored in a set of RFC-2822-like
+fields (the difference with RFC-2822 is that newlines are meaningful in
+the Description field, they are not simple continuation characters).
+Those fields should start on the first non-empty line (after having
+stripped whitespace characters at the start and end of
+lines).
 
 For patch-systems like dpatch that require the patch to be a standalone
 script, the shebang line is ignored and it is possible to put those fields
@@ -210,4 +213,5 @@
   Add a paragraph about the scope of the proposal.
 * 2009-07-15: Make categorization in Origin optional. Make Origin optional
   if Author is present.
-* 2009-08-24: Add samples.
+* 2009-08-24: Add samples and mention difference with RFC-2822 related to
+  the Description field.