Bug#712787: ITP for Distkeys

[Martin Steigerwald <ms@teamix.de>]

Hello Eriberto and Andrey,

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Am Dienstag, 23. September 2014, 00:43:25 schrieb Andrey Rahmatullin:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 02:04:37PM -0300, Eriberto wrote:
> > >> >>     - Your year as packager should be 2013.
> > >> > 
> > >> > What do you mean by that? I already have
> > >> > 
> > >> > Files: debian/*
> > >> > Copyright: 2013-2014 Martin Steigerwald <ms@teamix.de>
> > >> > License: GPL-3+
> > >> > 
> > >> > Anything else needed?
> > >> 
> > >> Sorry for my mistake. As the package in new in Debian, the packaging
> > >> year must be 2014.
> > > 
> > > This is wrong.
> > 
> > Andrey,
> > 
> > Not wrong. The package is in first upload. 2014.
> 
> Can you explain how is this related to copyright years for work done prior
> to uploading?
> 
> > Please, don't interfer in my revision without a strong motive.
> 
> I think pointing at errors when someone tells others to do wrong things is
> quite important.

So what is it now, and why? :)

The initial package exists since 2013. So is it the date when I did the 
initial packaging? Then its 2013. Is it the date where the package may get 
uploaded, then it may be 2014 or 2015. Or is it, as would make most sense to 
me the years I actually worked on the packaging, then its 2013-2014 as I have 
it currently.

I don't see any clear guidelines in:

https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile

While 4.2 in new maintainer guide has a date range in the example:

13 Files: debian/*
14 Copyright: 1998-2010 Josip Rodin <joy-mg@debian.org>
15 License: GPL-2+
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.de.html#copyright

So right now I do not see any evidence for which variant is "right", i.e. 
policy conforming.

Ciao,
Martin

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