Bug#593533: debian-policy: Proposal to stop requesting to list initial Debian maintainers in debian/copyright
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.1.0
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear all,
in my experience with the new packages that I prepared, the FTP team is not
requesting that debian/copyright mentions the name of the Debian maintainers
who were involved in the initial packaging work. I therefore propose to align
the Policy on the current practice, and remove the corresponding should
requirement from §12.5 (see attached patch).
Information about the initial Debian maintainers partially overlaps the
information in debian/changelog, and the copyright statements for the packaging
work.
I am aware of #462996, but since what I propose is much narrower, I prefered
openign a new bug.
Have a nice day,
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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:05:46 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Removes the (should) request to mention the developers who made the initial package.
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This information is partly redundant with the Debian changelog (but this one is
sometines pruned at the first upload to Debian), and with the copyright
statement for the packaging work (but this is often missing for the oldest
packages).
New packages that do not name the ‘Debian maintainer(s) who were involved’ with
their creation are routinely accepted by the FTP team, so I think that removing
this part makes the Policy in line with current practice.
---
policy.sgml | 5 ++---
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 9037de8..e924b5a 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -9554,9 +9554,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
<p>
In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream
- sources (if any) were obtained. It should name the original
- authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were
- involved with its creation.
+ sources (if any) were obtained, and should name the original
+ authors.
</p>
<p>
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