Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> writes: > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:33:41 +1100 > Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > > I find the structure [in the proposed copyright file format] makes > > it far easier to write and check than the free-form chaos of many > > existing files. What would you have removed from the format to > > reduce the time for writing and checking it? > > I completely disagree - the current version of the wiki page is > utterly incomprehensible and inconsistent.
That's a non sequitur; the morass of discussion on that wiki page *obscures* the format for someone trying to read it, but is not *part of* the format. The format itself has (IMO) the properties I described. > It's no wonder that maintainers coming to debian-mentors are > confused. Certainly, but only (I argue) because the wiki page is currently a mess. The page mentions, in several places now, the desire to set up a discussion forum to continue the discussion away from the page; once that's set up I'll be happy to pitch in and clear the weeds from that page. -- \ “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code | `\ will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” —John | _o__) F. Woods | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
