Re: machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-29 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-09-29 at 08:40 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > IMO it's perfectly fine to put it into the Disclaimer: or (X-)Comment: > fields (not sure if > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2010/08/msg00307.html is the > current status) That is the current status, yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-29 Thread Christian Kastner
On 09/29/2010 07:24 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > This is no longer possible with the machine readable format of > debian/copyright. Where am I supposed to put this information > nowadays? Not that I agree that the information should go in debian/copyright, but according to DEP5, you could use arbitrar

Re: machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-28 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:24:32 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > in the past, debian/copyright files were sometimes (ab)used for > arbitrary information. For example, I used to include references about > who paid for/sponsored the packaging. > > This is no longer possible with the machine readable format

Re: machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-28 Thread Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29-09-2010 03:29, Ben Finney wrote: > Marc Haber writes: [...] >> This is no longer possible with the machine readable format of >> debian/copyright. Where am I supposed to put this information >> nowadays? > > I see two reasonable options: don't

Re: machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-28 Thread Ben Finney
Marc Haber writes: > in the past, debian/copyright files were sometimes (ab)used for > arbitrary information. For example, I used to include references about > who paid for/sponsored the packaging. I agree with your implication that arbitrary information of that kind doesn't belong in ‘debian/co

machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-28 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, in the past, debian/copyright files were sometimes (ab)used for arbitrary information. For example, I used to include references about who paid for/sponsored the packaging. This is no longer possible with the machine readable format of debian/copyright. Where am I supposed to put this informa