Re: Copyright format 1.0 (developed as DEP-5) now available

[Jerome BENOIT <g6299304p@rezozer.net>]

On 26/02/12 19:17, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:20:16 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> > Version 1.0 of the machine-readable format for debian/copyright files (the
> > culmination of the DEP-5 process) has now been published.  The canonical
> > URL (and also the URL to use in the Format field in such files) is:
> >      http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
>
> Thanks alot for finalizing this long project!
>
> > For those who have adopted various iterations of the DEP-5 format for your
> > packages, please consider updating to this format the next time you revise
> > your package.
>
> The easiest way to do this is to run
>      cme fix dpkg-copyright
> (and check the results, of course.)

is lintian check not enough ?



> cme is in libconfig-model-perl, and you should use at least 2.006-1.
> (2.007-1 fixes "cme migrate".)

Cheers,
Jerome

> Cheers,
> gregor