Re: [devel-ref] author/homepage in description

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

Hello developers,

Policy already mandate upstream site in copyright, and it work:
try
grep '\(f\|ht\)tp://' /usr/share/doc/*/copyright 

In fact
grep -A1 '^It was downloaded from' /usr/share/doc/*/copyright
output a result for half of the packages on my system.

Why not:
1) Document this feature: state that the upstream url must be matched by
grep '^\(It was downloaded\|fromUpstream-URL:\)' copyright
or something similar.

2) Add link to copyright files in packages.debian.org. I think it is already
worked on.

3) Optionnally, use the mechanism above to add a link in packages.debian.org

It may look like a kludge, but it follow current policy and current practice
and can work *today*.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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