Format of %changelog line

[Jos Vos <jos xos nl>]

Hi,

Many recent RPMs have a "-" between the packager's e-mail address and
the EVR in the %changelog line.  What is the purpose of this dash?

What is the current (well, I mean 4.4.x, if that matters) syntax of
a %changelog line?

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