On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 11:42:31PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.9.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear all, > > following the discussion on debian-project, here is a small patch that > clarifies §12.5, where it is written that copyrights must be extractable by > mechanical means. > > See http://lists.debian.org/87r5aha46g.fsf@zancas.localnet for the small discussion. > > With the possible arrival of DEP-5 in the debian-policy package, I think that > it can be good to clarify that what the Policy requires to be > machine-extractable are the copyright files, not their content. > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 6e04c81..2a01b02 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -9630,8 +9630,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY > <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></file> may be a symbolic > link to another directory in <file>/usr/share/doc</file> only if > the two packages both come from the same source and the > - first package Depends on the second. These rules are > - important because copyrights must be extractable by > + first package Depends on the second. These rules are important > + because <file>copyright</file> files must be extractable by > mechanical means. > </p> > Seconded. I think this matches the intent better. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballombe@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
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