Bug#610083: Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/copyright ?
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> I am seeking seconds for the following patch. Given what Julian pointed
> out, it only permits Homepage: to be used, not d/watch.
> diff --git a/policy/ch-docs.rst b/policy/ch-docs.rst
> index dc02bc6..d79f732 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst
> @@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ information and distribution license in the file
> ``/usr/share/doc/package/copyright``. This file must neither be
> compressed nor be a symbolic link.
>
> -In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources (if
> -any) were obtained, and should include a name or contact address for the
> +In addition, except in the case where the information would duplicate
> +exactly the contents of the :ref:`Homepage <s-f-Homepage>` field, the
> +copyright file must say where the upstream sources (if any) were
> +obtained, and should include a name or contact address for the
> upstream authors. This can be the name of an individual or an
> organization, an email address, a web forum or bugtracker, or any other
> means to unambiguously identify who to contact to participate in the
Seconded with or without the following nit.
Minor wording nit: I would put a period after "obtained" and make the next
part a separate sentence. ("The copyright file should include a name or
contact address for the upstream authors.") Otherwise, it could be read
as saying that the copyright file can only omit the upstream source
information if the URL pointed to by Homepage includes name or contact
information, but (a) that's not the point of your change, and (b) we want
that contact information to always be in the copyright file if available
because upstream URLs tend to disappear.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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