Bug#779676: dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique check is too strict or too severe.
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > I think that the dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique tag should either:
> >
> > - reduce its severity, as just an advice for readability, or
> > - only be issued when the same short name is used with a different description.
Le Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 11:19:38PM +0100, Bastien ROUCARIES a écrit :
>
> Could you pin point the exact verse of the specification ?
Hi Bastien:
"Stand-alone License paragraphs can be used to provide the full license text
for a given license once, instead of repeating it in each Files paragraph that
refers to it."
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#stand-alone-license-paragraph
Since it is "can" and not "must", Lintian is too severe.
Have a nice week-end,
Charles
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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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