Lars Wirzenius wrote: > (The existing > section is giving requirements for the syntax of the file, such as > human-readability, which was appropriate at the beginning of the > development of the spec, but I think we don't need that in the spec > anymore.) > -The `debian/copyright` file must be machine-interpretable, yet > -human-readable, while communicating all mandated upstream information, > -copyright notices and licensing details. The rest is good, but I like that paragraph. It nudges authors of copyright files toward considering both their target audiences. The format itself should point users in that direction; lintian can check some things like excessively long lines, but a reminder can't hurt, especially since we have existing examples of DEP-5 copyright files that are not very human readable (eg, chromium). -- see shy jo
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