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Bug#874095: marked as done (copyright-format: Use the “synopsis” term established in the definition)

Your message dated Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:48:45 +0000
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and subject line Bug#874095: fixed in debian-policy 4.1.3.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #874095,
regarding copyright-format: Use the “synopsis” term established in the definition
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.0.0
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

The term “synopsis” is established in the definition of “Formatted
Text”. This attached patch uses that term more consistently in the
document.

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Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>

From c7aa1b5925a7b1e3135dc42b4644f11a1e146f5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 04:26:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Use=20the=20=E2=80=9Csynopsis=E2=80=9D=20term?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20established=20earlier.?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

---
 copyright-format-1.0.xml | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/copyright-format-1.0.xml b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
index 2eef301b..4819206c 100644
--- a/copyright-format-1.0.xml
+++ b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ License: GPL-2+</programlisting>
       <para>
         Stand-alone <varname>License</varname> paragraphs can be used to
         provide the full license text for a given license once, instead of
-        repeating it in each <varname>Files</varname> paragraph that refers to
-        it.  The first line of the <varname>License</varname> field must be a
-        single license short name or a short name followed by a license
-        exception.
+        repeating it in each <varname>Files</varname> paragraph that refers
+        to it. The synopsis (on the first line) of the
+        <varname>License</varname> field must be a single license short name
+        or a short name followed by a license exception.
       </para>
       <para>
         The following fields may be present in a stand-alone License
@@ -490,22 +490,22 @@ License: MPL-1.1
         gives the licensing terms for those paragraphs which reference it.
       </para>
       <para>
-        First line: an abbreviated name for the license, or expression
-        giving alternatives (see the <link linkend="license-short-name">Short
-        name</link> section for a list of standard abbreviations).  If
-        there are licenses present in the package without a standard short
-        name, an arbitrary short name may be assigned for these licenses. 
-        These arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be unique within a
-        single copyright file.
+        First line (synopsis): an abbreviated name for the license, or
+        expression giving alternatives (see the <link
+        linkend="license-short-name">Short name</link> section for a list of
+        standard abbreviations). If there are licenses present in the package
+        without a standard short name, an arbitrary short name may be assigned
+        for these licenses. These arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be
+        unique within a single copyright file.
       </para>
       <para>
-        If there are no remaining lines, then all of the short names
-        or short names followed by license exceptions making up the
-        first line must be described in <link
+        If there are no remaining lines, then all of the short names or
+        short names followed by license exceptions in the synopsis must be
+        described in <link
         linkend="stand-alone-license-paragraph">stand-alone License
         paragraphs</link>.  Otherwise, this field should either
         include the full text of the license(s) or include a pointer to the
-        license file under <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename>. 
+        license file under <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename>.
         This field should include all text needed in order to fulfill both
         Debian Policy's requirement for including a copy of the software's
         distribution license (<ulink
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
         Much of the value of a machine-parseable copyright file lies in being
         able to correlate the licenses of multiple pieces of software.  To that
         end, this spec defines standard short names for a number of commonly
-        used licenses, which can be used in the first line of a
+        used licenses, which can be used in the synopsis (first line) of a
         <varname>License</varname> field.
       </para>
       <para>
-- 
2.14.1

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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 4.1.3.0

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 874095@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:13:55 +0000
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: all source
Version: 4.1.3.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Closes: 522163 601455 661496 688251 810381 859649 874090 874095 880992 882628 885219
Description: 
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Changes:
 debian-policy (4.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Sean Whitton ]
   * Policy: Add CC0-1.0 to common-licenses
     Wording: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Seconded: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
     Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
     Closes: #859649, #882628
   * Policy: Clarify when Built-Using should be used
     Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Closes: #688251
   * Policy: Use update-rc.d's defaults-disabled instead of DISABLED=yes
     Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
     Closes: #522163, #601455, #661496
     - Also explain how the local administrator can enable/disable
       autostarting daemons using update-rc.d.
   * Point Vcs-* fields at salsa.debian.org.
   * README: update references & URIs alioth->salsa
   * Maintainer field: "Debian Policy List"->"Debian Policy Editors"
     To match our new group on salsa.debian.org.
 .
   [ Russ Allbery ]
   * Policy: Recommend that Vcs-* URLs provide confidentiality
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
     Closes: #810381
   * Policy: Clarify that programs may search PATH for editor and pager
     Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Closes: #880992
   * Policy: Allow libc to install files in /lib64
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Closes: #885219
   * Use the term synopsis consistently in copyright-format.  Thanks, Ben
     Finney.  (Closes: #874095)
   * Fix various minor wording issues and add additional cross-references
     in copyright-format.  Thanks, Ben Finney.  (Closes: #874090)
   * Adapt tools/license-count to run against ftp-master metadata instead
     of the Lintian lab, add patterns for CC0-1.0, and add some comments on
     how to run this tool.
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