Marc Haber <mh+debian-de...@zugschlus.de> writes: > in the past, debian/copyright files were sometimes (ab)used for > arbitrary information. For example, I used to include references about > who paid for/sponsored the packaging.
I agree with your implication that arbitrary information of that kind doesn't belong in ‘debian/copyright’. > This is no longer possible with the machine readable format of > debian/copyright. Where am I supposed to put this information > nowadays? I see two reasonable options: don't put it in at all, or put it in a separate file under ‘/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGENAME/’ with a filename that makes sense. -- \ “Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are | `\ in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.” | _o__) —Ernestine Rose | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739st2hbt....@benfinney.id.au
