Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Sat, 23 May 2026 11:46:25 +0100

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Nilesh Patra [22/May  7:58pm +0530] wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> As per discussion on the IRC, we are waiting for you to tell us which wording
> you'd prefer out of all the iterations.
>
> Could you let us know? Consider this a gentle nudge.
>
> [18:41:04] <helmut> feels more like policy editors needing a ping here in the sense that they might pick their preferred wording and we'd just second it
> [18:53:21] <guillem> ack, AFAIR the new wording seemed way better, but given that I'm not a native speaker (and the editors are) at this point of nitpicking/wordsmithing, that's what I'd rely on them for :)
> [19:51:54] <gargantua_kerr> I was under the impression that policy editors will pick it up after you folks second it...
> [19:52:18] <gargantua_kerr> I'll just relay this on the bug report

Thanks, I didn't realise this was waiting on us.

How about putting the 'should' first and the information later:

    The ``Multi-Arch`` field should not be added to the binary package
    sections for udebs because it does not apply to them.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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