On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 21:11 +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 07:56:09PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:48:26AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org> writes: > > > > That doesn’t hold. Most of my copyright files are much easier to read > > > > than DEP5-like ones. > > > > > > Yes, I agree. My existing pre-DEP5 copyright files are easier for a > > > human to read than the DEP5 format. > > > > This is a matter of opinion, and you and Josselin are free to dislike the > > DEP5 > > format. This is why it would be a bad idea to make it mandatory at this > > stage. > > Some other people, myself included, find it more readable. As long as some > > group > > of people are of the same opinion, there is value in standardising it.
> Now compare with > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/w/webkit/current/copyright You are lucky, webkit is quite large, but has fairly simple copyright (most files are copyrighted by just a few people for the same ranges of years). Compare this with another project, which is smaller, but where many contributors have submitted new features: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/m/moin/current/copyright Regards, Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
