Re: DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-20 Thread Steve Langasek
[Redirecting to debian-project, per http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2009/12/msg00025.html; M-F-T set.] Hi Charles, On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 09:56:29AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > By the way, there was an interesting discussion in bugs.debian.org/521810 a > couple of monthes ago, which en

Re: DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-17 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 09:56:29AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Given that the purpose of DEP-5 is to make information available to machines, > my feeling is also that there is no need for a new field, unless there is a > commitemnt to parse the license information about removed files in a > prog

Re: DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Charles Plessy writes: > while checking the section 6.7.8.2 of the Developers reference > (“Repackaged upstream source”) in the context on another thread on this > list > (http://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/d921045c2e3ae5ecfba088e9d82eb...@drazzib.com), > I found the following : > A repackag

Re: DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 09:56:29AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 12:26:52AM -0800, Steve Langasek a écrit : > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:56:51PM +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > > > > I remember that debian/copyright should not only list where the > > > source was do

Re: DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-07 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 12:26:52AM -0800, Steve Langasek a écrit : > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:56:51PM +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > > I remember that debian/copyright should not only list where the > > source was downloaded from, but also the files which were removed by > > the packager and

Re: DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-07 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Thibaut, On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:56:51PM +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > I remember that debian/copyright should not only list where the > source was downloaded from, but also the files which were removed by > the packager and the motivation for the removal (DFSG, patents, > large convenien

DEP-5: removed files

2009-12-02 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Hi, I remember that debian/copyright should not only list where the source was downloaded from, but also the files which were removed by the packager and the motivation for the removal (DFSG, patents, large convenience copy of a library...). At least, that's how I interpret this (from [1]