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Re: Usage of DEP5



On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:51:45 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:

> DEP-5 is the fastest way to write a d/copyright in some cases, but in
> others it is not.  Part of this is that DEP-5 somewhat encourages people
> to include more detail than is needed.
> 
> I think we should be optimising for reduced contributor time spent on
> this task.

That's a totally reasonable point of course.
I'd like to add that d/copyright is not only written but also read,
and that there are contributors who find Copyright-Format 1.0 easier
to read. 


Cheers,
gregor

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