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Re: automatically parseable debian/copyright



On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:45:07PM +0000, Joey Hess wrote:
> Bart Martens wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:44 +0930, Paul Wise wrote:
> > > I'd suggest that the copyright file
> > > should be redone and done so it can be parsed automatically:
> > > 
> > > http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat
> > 
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > As far as I know, it has not yet been decided that the debian/copyright
> > files must be formatted as described on the wiki page quoted above.  Or
> > did I miss some decision ?
> 
> Don't confuse it being mandatory with it being allowed. The format
> described there is a perfectly valid format under the current rules and
> best practices for copyright files. I'm using it on all my new packages,
> including quite a few already in the archive.

  FWIW I try to do too.

-- 
·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org

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