Document that empty field values are only allowed in debian/control.

[debian/debian-policy.git] / upgrading-checklist.sgml

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 32293cd679f1fc060df1d602712ade5eca571c06..7e490e643b38d882a88241fb4a469a7beaaa2014 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Released xxx, 2015.
 <tag>9.2.2</tag>
   <item> 32bit UIDs in the range 65536-4294967293 are reserved for dynamically
   allocated user accounts.
+<tag>5.1</tag>
+  <item> Empty field values in control files are only permitted in the
+  <file>debian/control</file> file of a source package.
   </item> </taglist></p>
 
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