On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 12:58:10PM +0200, Stephan Lachnit wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 11:11 AM Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote:
> > SPDX defines an xml format only. They lost before they'd even started. > > debian/copyright is supposed to be human-readable first and foremost. XML > > need not apply. > Not true. From [1]: > > Shall be in a human readable form. > > [...] > > Multiple serialization formats may be used to represent the information > > being exchanged. Current supported formats include: > > [...] > > tag:value flat text file as described in this specification So can you tell me where in that specification this "flat text file" format is actually described? The specification is not on the page that includes this quote. The text does not link to the place in the spec where this format is described. The site's search page (because it's reasonable for a spec to require a server-side search engine in order for users to be able to find information in it...) doesn't return any results for the string 'tag:value', and a search for 'tag value' points first to https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/file-tags/ which describes embedding tags in a source file, not constructing a tag:value file. Frankly, the fact that the SPDX spec itself is as bad as it is should be disqualifying for using any file format specified within. But I would still be willing to give it a fair shake, if I could actually find it. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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