Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-22 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2010-09-13 at 14:53 +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > The current DEP5 draft says: > > * **`Files`** >* Required for all but the first paragraph. > If omitted from the first paragraph, > this is equivalent to a value of '*'. >* Syntax: white space separated list >* List

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Russ Allbery wrote: > Manoj Srivastava writes: >> On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: >> As far as I know, I don't have a single package for which a >> copyright field applies 6to all files in the source package (I might >> have missed one, but I think not).

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Manoj Srivastava writes: > On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: >> On ma, 2010-09-13 at 09:06 -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> Currently, one only needs to list the copyrights in the package, >>> without specifying which file each copyright applies to. How is that >>> specified

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 08:59:34AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: >> >>> The current DEP5 draft says: >>> >>> * **`Files`** >>>* Required for all but the first paragraph. >>> If omitted from the f

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ma, 2010-09-13 at 09:06 -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Currently, one only needs to list the copyrights in the package, >> without specifying which file each copyright applies to. How is that >> specified in DEP5 format? Implying that a

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 08:59:34AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: The current DEP5 draft says: * **`Files`** * Required for all but the first paragraph. If omitted from the first paragraph, this is equivalent to a value of '*'. * Synt

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2010-09-13 at 09:06 -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Currently, one only needs to list the copyrights in the package, > without specifying which file each copyright applies to. How is that > specified in DEP5 format? Implying that all copyright notices apply to > all files would

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread gregor herrmann
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:53:47 +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > * **`Files`** >* Required for all but the first paragraph. > If omitted from the first paragraph, > this is equivalent to a value of '*'. > > Does anyone oppose if I remove the "If omitted..." sentence? I see no > reason t

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > The current DEP5 draft says: > > * **`Files`** >* Required for all but the first paragraph. > If omitted from the first paragraph, > this is equivalent to a value of '*'. >* Syntax: white space separated list >* List of patterns i

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Sep 13 2010, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > The current DEP5 draft says: > > * **`Files`** >* Required for all but the first paragraph. > If omitted from the first paragraph, > this is equivalent to a value of '*'. >* Syntax: white space separated list >* List of patterns i

Re: DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 02:53:47PM +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: The current DEP5 draft says: * **`Files`** * Required for all but the first paragraph. If omitted from the first paragraph, this is equivalent to a value of '*'. * Syntax: white space separated list * List of patterns

DEP5: Making "Files: *" non-optional

2010-09-13 Thread Lars Wirzenius
The current DEP5 draft says: * **`Files`** * Required for all but the first paragraph. If omitted from the first paragraph, this is equivalent to a value of '*'. * Syntax: white space separated list * List of patterns indicating files covered by the license and copyright s