On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:22:04 +1100 Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: ... >Those who don't like the very *idea* of a machine-parseable format for > .debian/copyright apparently exist, but I don't understand their >position yet :-)
I'd be one of those. Whenever you add new structural rules on a file it creates more things one needs to know, more things to get wrong, and more work. This is inevitable. To counter this, I see some very minor potential benefit. IANADD, so I don't get a vote, but if I did, I'd be against it. The cost/benefit ratio of the proposal is certainly open to reasonably varying opinions, so I don't expect arguing over different perceptions to have a lot of benefit. I do think it's worth (once) pointing out why I don't like the concept. I'll convert my packages when it's required by policy. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
