Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear all,
in my experience with the new packages that I prepared, the FTP team is not requesting that debian/copyright mentions the name of the Debian maintainers who were involved in the initial packaging work. I therefore propose to align the Policy on the current practice, and remove the corresponding should requirement from §12.5 (see attached patch). Information about the initial Debian maintainers partially overlaps the information in debian/changelog, and the copyright statements for the packaging work. I am aware of #462996, but since what I propose is much narrower, I prefered openign a new bug. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
>From 259c87f588a97688aa85646d321a7cf043c2c53e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:05:46 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Removes the (should) request to mention the developers who made the initial package. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This information is partly redundant with the Debian changelog (but this one is sometines pruned at the first upload to Debian), and with the copyright statement for the packaging work (but this is often missing for the oldest packages). New packages that do not name the ‘Debian maintainer(s) who were involved’ with their creation are routinely accepted by the FTP team, so I think that removing this part makes the Policy in line with current practice. --- policy.sgml | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 9037de8..e924b5a 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -9554,9 +9554,8 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY <p> In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream - sources (if any) were obtained. It should name the original - authors of the package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were - involved with its creation. + sources (if any) were obtained, and should name the original + authors. </p> <p> -- 1.6.5.7
