Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make
>>>>> "Josip" == Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> writes:
Josip> On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:17:09PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins
Josip> wrote:
>> > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > N:
>> > N: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This
>> is not a > N: fixed field name, it's just a default dh_make
>> value. You should adjust > N: it. > N:
>>
>> ... this "long description" is spectacularly uninformative!
Josip> Er, what else is there to say but that what I said above?
Josip> It says that you should adjust the string "Upstream
Josip> Author(s)" in your copyright file, isn't it obvious? And
Josip> isn't it obvious that it is left to you to change it the
Josip> way you like it[1], since there is no specific format
Josip> mentioned?
No, it was not at all obvious to me either. I thought about it for a
minute and concluded you probably meant that I should replace with
author if there was one author and replace with authors if there were
multiple. Was I right in my interpretation?
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