On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 11:15:16AM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Hi Chris! Hi Jakob! :)
> * Chris Knadle <chris.kna...@coredump.us>, 2014-12-01, 21:12: > >Lintian currently refers to "dep5" copyright issues and tags, but > >the "DEP-5" references have been deprecated in favor of "copyright > >1.0": > > > > https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ > > > >so these tags could be renamed as "copyright 1.0" (or "1.x"), > >which I think would make them more clear. > > Renaming Lintian tags is not something that should be done lightly. > Some people might have overridden the tags; others might have put > them in their private Lintian profiles. Shucks! I forgot about this -- thanks for pointing it out. > For similar reasons, it's a bad idea to put version number of the > specification in the tag name. Yes I see that. > And "copyright 1.0" doesn't seem more clear to me at all. If > anything, we should do s/dep5-copyright/machine-readable-copyright/. machine-readable-copyright seems clearer to me too. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle chris.kna...@coredump.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
