Re: Bug#640737: [copyright-format] misc. changes from driver.

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 09:31:47AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:08:14AM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
> > 
> > I have commited this change.
> > 
> >   * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
> >     Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
> >     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
> >     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
> > 
> > Thanks for your contribution.
> > 
> > Do you want me to release debian-policy 3.9.3.0 now, or should I wait for
> > more DEP-5 related changes ?
> 
> Thanks, Bill.
> 
> I think that we need to resolve #640737 first.  The most frequently proposed
> URL, ‘http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/’; (with
> the slash at the end) looks safe, but I would feel more comfortable if we had
> more feedback on both the debian-policy and debian-www lists.  I note by the
> way that lintian 2.5.3 has the following regular expression in its checks:
> 
> ^http://www\.debian\.org/doc/(?:packaging-manuals/)?copyright-format/(\d+\.\d+)$

I do not see any policy-related objection. I hope the debian-www team can confirm
that this URL is available.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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