[Hackage] #588: requiring '.' for blank lines is annoying

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#588: requiring '.' for blank lines is annoying
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  Reporter:  Jake Wheat     |        Owner:           
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  closed   
  Priority:  low            |    Milestone:           
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.2  
  Severity:  minor          |   Resolution:  duplicate
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  unknown  
Ghcversion:                 |     Platform:           
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Changes (by duncan):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => duplicate
  * summary:  whitespace in description mangled before running haddock =>
              requiring '.' for blank lines is annoying

Comment:

 In that same section of the user guide it state:

  * To get a blank line in a field value, use an indented “.”

 This is an annoying historical artifact in the Cabal specification from
 the time when blank lines were used to separate sections. There's no need
 to keep this "feature". See ticket #478.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/588#comment:2>
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