On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:47:31 -0400, Scott Howard <showard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > - debian/copyright not in DEP-5 format; > > This is accepted and will be policy soon [3]. "What should be done > eventually must be done immediately." >
I think you might misunderstand the DEP process, which is easy to do. The following is my understanding. Accepted DEPs must still go through a policy revision process. The point is to converge on a process/implementation, and once that process/implementation becomes widely used and successful, then it can become policy. In particular, I would find it pretty surprising if DEP-5 became a policy must, and suspect that it will most likely be a policy "may" [1]. That would mean that not having a DEP-5 copyright file might, at some point in the future be grounds for a wishlist bug. David [1]: see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-scope.html#s1.1 for definitions.
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