Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 08:01:14PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > > In my understanding, Copyright and License fields were allowed in the Header > paragraph to let the maintainer provide a summary, or to state collective > copyrights and licenses, but not to replace the Files paragraphs. This

Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:28:51PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek writes: > > - single header paragraph plus a single Files: * paragraph. In this case, > >any License/Copyright fields in the header paragraph are used only to > >document compilation copyright and whole-packa

Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > - single header paragraph plus a single Files: * paragraph. In this case, >any License/Copyright fields in the header paragraph are used only to >document compilation copyright and whole-package license terms (e.g., the >effective license of a package whose

Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi guys, On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:51:59AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek writes: > > This implies, but does not state explicitly, that there must be at least > > one Files paragraph in the file to be compliant. I would like to see > > this corrected by making it explicit in the s

Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi Steve, Russ, and everybody, Le Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:05:30AM -0800, Steve Langasek a écrit : > === modified file 'dep5/copyright-format.xml' > --- old/dep5/copyright-format.xml 2011-12-12 07:48:31 + > +++ new/dep5/copyright-format.xml 2011-12-12 08:01:32 + > @@ -118,6 +118,12

Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:51:59AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > During the discussion of allowing Copyright and License fields in the > header paragraph, one of the things that was raised is the possibility of > using the DEP-5 format with *just* a header paragraph as a structured way > of represen

Re: [DEP5] Clarification of the minimum required structure

2011-12-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > Currently the DEP5 draft includes the following text: > The Copyright and License fields in the header paragraph may complement > but do not replace the files paragraphs. > This implies, but does not state explicitly, that there must be at least one > Files paragrap