Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bart Martens wrote: > > 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.
Furthermore, the ideal process for policy is that it *describes* existing known-good practice, instead of *prescribing* a practice before it becomes accepted. So an "automatically parseable debian/copyright format" should be adopted by many packages and acknowledged to be a benefit, *before* any decision on making it mandatory. -- \ "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish | `\ the rest." -- Mark Twain | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
