Re: Why do we list individual copyright holders?

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 01 2018, Vincent Bernat wrote:

> I have very little time for Debian. Each time I update a package, I
> have to bump Standards-Version and fix new Lintian warnings. I would
> appreciate if we would assess the time developers will take to update
> packages because of a change.

Our current culture under which many of us feel obligated to ensure our
package uses the latest Standards-Version is problematic.

IMO the point of the field is to ensure that you /don't/ have to upgrade
to the latest version of Policy right away.  It allows you to keep track
of the version of Policy you are up-to-date with, so you can do it
later/someone more interested in the changes can do it.

I think that Lintian shouldn't warn about not using the latest
Standards-Version; perhaps it should warn when you're using a really old
one.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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