Bart Martens wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:44 +0930, Paul Wise wrote: > > I'd suggest that the copyright file > > should be redone and done so it can be parsed automatically: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat > > Hi Paul, > > As far as I know, it has not yet been decided that the debian/copyright > files must be formatted as described on the wiki page quoted above. Or > did I miss some decision ?
Don't confuse it being mandatory with it being allowed. The format described there is a perfectly valid format under the current rules and best practices for copyright files. I'm using it on all my new packages, including quite a few already in the archive. -- see shy jo
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