On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 06:58:22PM +0100, Anton Gladky wrote: > On 02/25/2013 05:37 PM, Andrew Shadura wrote: > >> 6) Copyright-file must be in DEP-5 format. > > Please don't say 'must' when you're speaking about what's actually a > > recommendation, not a rule. Thanks. > ok, agree, my "typo". But I think it is desirable to ask for DEP-5 for > new uploads.
In addition it is not even possible to use DEP-5 for every case. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-games/2013/02/msg00065.html is a recent example where a license cannot be reformatted to fit into DEP-5, because it expressly prohibits modification. (I have to admit that this is non-free.) For future reviews, maybe you can ask "Why are you not using DEP-5?" as a means of clarification instead. Sometimes the maintainer will simply be not aware of it and at other times you will likely receive a reason. In the still a bit distant future it might be interesting to add a pedantic lintian check for DEP-5 usage. The reason for not using DEP-5 could then be documented in a canonical place: the overrides file. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130226075611.GA25880@localhost
