On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 08:34:22AM +0000, Ross Burton wrote: > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 02:45 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > would it provide any automation or easier processing for the NEW > > queue(ftpmasters)? > > I'd assume part of the FTP masters checking is actually verifying the > license specified in debian/copyright is the license actually used by > the source, and that there are no other licenses. This wouldn't change > that. > > > would it allow for reducing package size by removing > > license text from all packages and having them installed in a seperate > > essential package stored in a canonical location > > (/usr/share/doc/dfsg-license-texts/) (dfsg-license-texts.deb) and have a > > file-license.txt to list which files are licensed under which license? > > We already have this, debian/copyright generally only contains a > paragraph or so of common licenses, and then points to the complete > license in /usr/share/common-licenses/. > Hi Ross, after enough subliminal hinting, I re-examined this [0], I came to the conclusion, that my intension of finding a labour-saving idea would in all likelyhood not save any labour as there are n tests and 1 more test is not going to impact the time or effort required to process a NEW queue entry. I guess some things are bound to resist optimization ?! Cheers, Kev [0] http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html ps. did you once wear an orange jumpsuit x-) -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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