Bug#491055: allow debian/copyright to be compressed

2008-07-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Thijs Kinkhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If we want to change this, making it mandatory is over time the best > deal. I'm not very opinionated on whether to change it instantly or with > some 'grace period'. There would have to be a grace period regardless and software would have to look at

Bug#491055: allow debian/copyright to be compressed

2008-07-16 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 12:14 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > ke, 2008-07-16 kello 09:57 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst kirjoitti: > > "Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and > > distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright (may be > > compressed with

Bug#491055: allow debian/copyright to be compressed

2008-07-16 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Wednesday 16 July 2008 11:14, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Would it make sense to change that to "must be compressed"? I know it > makes all packages instantly buggy, but since that's a _really_ easy > thing to change, and almost all packages can be fixed via a debhelper > change plus a rebuild, it's

Bug#491055: allow debian/copyright to be compressed

2008-07-16 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ke, 2008-07-16 kello 09:57 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst kirjoitti: > "Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and > distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright (may be > compressed with gzip -9). This file must not be a symbolic link." Would it make

Bug#491055: allow debian/copyright to be compressed

2008-07-16 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: wishlist Hi, In Debian Policy section 12.5 "Copyright information", it can be read that debian/copyright may not be compressed: "Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file /usr/sha