Hello, Currently the DEP5 draft includes the following text: The Copyright and License fields in the header paragraph may complement but do not replace the files paragraphs. This implies, but does not state explicitly, that there must be at least one Files paragraph in the file to be compliant. I would like to see this corrected by making it explicit in the section on File syntax what the minimum required structure is; but it's possible others have a different understanding of this text. Is the attached patch ok to commit? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
=== modified file 'dep5/copyright-format.xml'
--- old/dep5/copyright-format.xml 2011-12-12 07:48:31 +0000
+++ new/dep5/copyright-format.xml 2011-12-12 08:01:32 +0000
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@
avoid conflicting specifications for widely used extra fields.
</para>
<para>
+ The file consists of two or more paragraphs. At minimum, the file
+ must include one <link linkend="header-paragraph">header
+ paragraph</link> and one <link linkend="files-paragraph">Files
+ paragraph</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
There are four kinds values for fields. Each field specifies which kind
is allowed.
</para>
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