Re: Finishing DEP 5.

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 03:22:24PM +0100, gregor herrmann a écrit :
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:33:21 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> 
> > 	the machine-readable format for Debian copyright files proposed in
> > DEP 5 has been stable for many monthes, is supported by multiple parsers and
> > Lintian, and is getting frequently used in new packages (at least from what I
> > see from debian-mentors, debian-med and debian-perl).  I think that it is time
> > to wrap it up and publish it.
> 
> Totally agreed.
>  
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=debian-policy;include=subject%3Acopyright-format
> > 
> > 	In particular, one of the current bottlenecks is the lack of “seconds”,
> 
> I'm happy to re-check and second proposal; I just have to admit that
> I'm quite confused which of the bugs actually needs seconds.

Hi Gregor,

in general, the bugs needing seconde are the ones tagged patch and not tagged
seconded or pending.  Currently, it is:

http://bugs.debian.org/640737 [n|+|  ] [debian-policy] [copyright-format] Point Format URL to www.debian.org.


I think that I have been too shy tagging ‘patch’ some of the bugs, as it
implies that the discussion converged on a consensus.  My problem is that in
some cases, there is no dicussion at all…

For the two following bugs, I think that it will help a lot if some people
could just confirm that they want the changes to happen.  Some of the bugs were
opened at a stage where the consensus was that changes should be kept to a very
strict minimum.

http://bugs.debian.org/641071 [m|  |  ] [debian-policy] [copyright-format] correct or add links to SPDX

http://bugs.debian.org/646119 [w|  |  ] [debian-policy] debian-policy: [copyright-format] Publish version version 1.0 (DEP 5).


And of course, while it may be to early to formally second the proposed changes
in the following bug about proofreading, some participation would be welcome,
to either confirm or reject the idea of making such wording changes, again
because the idea was quite controversial in the past.

http://bugs.debian.org/648387 [w|  |  ] [debian-policy] [copyright-format] English proofreading.


In conclusion, I think that the DEP 5 will have better chances to be finished
if the participation increases, because otherwise it is difficult to know if
the silence is one of satisfaction or one of disagreement and demotivation.


Have a nice Sunday,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan