Bug#823708: dh-make-perl: parse failure if d/control contains comments
gregor herrmann
gregoa at debian.org
Fri May 20 14:18:53 UTC 2016
Control: tag -1 + pending
On Sat, 07 May 2016 16:34:54 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 01:29:25AM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > One can argue that being able to read d/control with comments is an
> > improvement even if writing (on refresh e.g.) them swallows them [...]
> Yes, that's the argument I had in mind. To extend it: most packages are
> now in git so if the dh-make-perl swallows some comments the user wanted
> to retain, they would be likely to see it before committing.
Right :)
After thinking about it a bit longer and asking for opinions here at
the pkg-perl sprint, I agree that the current beahviour is just
buggy. Therefore I've just applied and pushed your original patch.
Thanks for all the other ideas, and for your patience.
Cheers,
gregor
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