Re: organisation of our metadata
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 03:11:59AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > The control file is the most complete, but doesnt have all metadata in it,
> > there are piece of metadata in the copyright (poorly formated),
> > changelog(poorly formated), .changes (discarded after use), and .dsc files,
> > but it is harder to get to.
> [...]
> What metadata is there in the copyright?
This bit has merit; a structured copyright file (for example, RFC822 format)
would be handy.
13.6 Copyright information
[...]
In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources (if any)
were obtained, and should explain briefly what modifications were made in
the Debian version of the package compared to the upstream one. It should
name the original authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who
were involved with its creation.
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- mdz
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