On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 09:28:04AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 06:02:11PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > I think it's clear from the copyright files already in the archive > > and that are accepted daily by ftpmaster that listing the individual > > files is unnecessary if you have all of the licenses accounted for > > (and potentially copyright notices, which are the main topic of > > current disagreement). I do agree with you that having that written > > down somewhere would be good, though. > > (My interpretation is the same.) > > FWIW, I consider listing files in DEP5-style an advantage in complex > packages because it helps out in checking for the completeness of your > license/copyright review. Yes, it is more work, but you gain that you > can check whether a given source file has been forgotten.
Have you tried it on packages with 1000+ files, with a spaghetti of licenses ? It's not a gain for those. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
