[I don't know that Joey Hess really needs to be CCed on this, so I have removed him from the headers.] On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:46:46AM +0200, Elrond wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 02:03:52AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Approximately 19% of the file is a list of changes. The remainder is a > > list of copyright holders and license terms that apply to the various > > parts of the XFree86 source distribution, and the Debian packaging > > infrastructure. > > "Debian packaging infrastructure" doesn't sound much like > copyright to me, but you know better, I presume. Let me rewrite that sentence in psuedo-LISP. The remainder is a list of copyright holders and license terms that apply to (the various parts of the XFree86 source distribution, and the Debian packaging infrastructure). I think if you had actually read the file, this would have been clear to you. > [...] > > > This would at least mitigate the situation. > > > > Solving 20% -- at best -- of the problem doesn't strongly motivate me to > > work on this. > > It was just an idea. An idea to add some structure... Okay, > structure in one of the complexest packages in debian... It already has lots of structure. Also, I think xfree86's debian/copyright file *is* structured. You might agree if you'd read it. -- G. Branden Robinson | Freedom is kind of a hobby with me, Debian GNU/Linux | and I have disposable income that branden@debian.org | I'll spend to find out how to get http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | people more of it. -- Penn Jillette
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