On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 08:44:00AM +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > > In pypi, we currently have the following license classifiers: > > > > License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL) > > License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Library or Lesser General Public License > > (LGPL) > > > > These are different than the originally proposed classifier above in two > > ways -- lack of version specification and the use of the common short form. > > Common short form is easy to add (as I did in my examples above). > > What's the "common short form"? If it's the abbreviation (i.e. "GPL"), > they already have it, no? > I was referring to Robert Collins's proposed::
License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 Instead, I proposed it include the short form like the current GPL licenses: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3) > > But that doesnt mean that the current classifiers should go away. > > Most certainly not. Once a classifier has been added, it can *never* go > away. That's why I ask people really think carefully whether they > really need a classifier, in exactly that spelling, before it's added. > <nod> Fully understood. I wanted to be explicit about the pros and cons of each strategy (and agree that keeping classifiers forever seems better). -Toshio
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