Package: dh-make
Version: 0.42
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
The current template /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/gpl reads:
|This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
|#DATE#.
|
|It was downloaded from <fill in http/ftp site>
|
|Upstream Author: <put author(s) name and email here>
|
|Copyright: <put the year(s) of the copyright, and the names of the
| copyright holder(s) here>
|
|License:
|
| This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
| it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
| the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
| (at your option) any later version.
|
| This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
| GNU General Public License for more details.
|
| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
| along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
| Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
|
|On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
|Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
|
|The Debian packaging is (C) #YEAR#, #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> and
|is licensed under the GPL, see above.
|
|
|# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
|# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
SUGGESTION
1) Non-standard indentation of 3 spaces. Change this to 4, or
any number dividable by 2 (as TAB is 8 spaces). The de facto
for indentation in most cases is by 4.
* the artictic, bsd, lgpl templates use indentation of 4
2) Make heading spreads evenly. The makes it more easy to add
multiple authors
3) Streamline the explanation texts enclosed in tags <...>
Suggested change follows. Likewise for the other templates.
Patch to implement this is attached.
|This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
|#DATE#.
|
|It was downloaded from <url://example.com>
|
|Upstream Author(s):
|
| <put author(s) name and email here>
| <likewise for another author>
|
|Copyright:
|
| <Copyright (C) YYYY Name OfAuthor>
| <likewise for another author>
|
|License:
|
| This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
| it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
| the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
| (at your option) any later version.
|
| This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
| GNU General Public License for more details.
|
| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
| along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
| Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
|
|On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
|Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
|
|The Debian packaging is (C) #YEAR#, #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> and
|is licensed under the GPL, see above.
|
|
|# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
|# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages dh-make depends on:
ii debhelper 5.0.42 helper programs for debian/rules
ii dpkg-dev 1.13.24 package building tools for Debian
ii make 3.81-3 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
dh-make recommends no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
=== modified file 'lib/licenses/artistic'
--- lib/licenses/artistic 2006-11-22 08:07:30 +0000
+++ lib/licenses/artistic 2006-11-22 08:13:41 +0000
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
#DATE#.
-It was downloaded from <fill in http/ftp site>
-
-Upstream Author: <put author(s) name and email here>
-
-Copyright: <put the year(s) of the copyright, and the names of the
- copyright holder(s) here>
+It was downloaded from <url://example.com>
+
+Upstream Author(s):
+
+ <put author's name and email here>
+ <likewise for another author>
+
+Copyright:
+
+ <Copyright (C) YYYY Name OfAuthor>
+ <likewise for another author>
License:
@@ -26,4 +31,3 @@
# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
-
=== modified file 'lib/licenses/blank'
--- lib/licenses/blank 2006-11-22 08:07:30 +0000
+++ lib/licenses/blank 2006-11-22 08:15:27 +0000
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
#DATE#.
-It was downloaded from <fill in http/ftp site>
-
-Upstream Author: <put author(s) name and email here>
-
-Copyright: <put the year(s) of the copyright, and the names of the
- copyright holder(s) here>
+It was downloaded from <url://example.com>
+
+Upstream Author(s):
+
+ <put author's name and email here>
+ <likewise for another author>
+
+Copyright:
+
+ <Copyright (C) YYYY Name OfAuthor>
+ <likewise for another author>
License:
-<Put the license of the package here>
-
+ <Put the license of the package here indented by 4 spaces>
The Debian packaging is (C) #YEAR#, #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> and
is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
-
# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
-
=== modified file 'lib/licenses/bsd'
--- lib/licenses/bsd 2006-11-22 08:07:30 +0000
+++ lib/licenses/bsd 2006-11-22 08:13:13 +0000
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
#DATE#.
-It was downloaded from <fill in http/ftp site>
-
-Upstream Author: <put author(s) name and email here>
-
-Copyright: <put the year(s) of the copyright, and the names of the
- copyright holder(s) here>
+It was downloaded from <url://example.com>
+
+Upstream Author(s):
+
+ <put author's name and email here>
+ <likewise for another author>
+
+Copyright:
+
+ <Copyright (C) YYYY Name OfAuthor>
+ <likewise for another author>
License:
+
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted under the terms of the BSD License.
@@ -34,4 +40,3 @@
# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
-
=== modified file 'lib/licenses/gpl'
--- lib/licenses/gpl 2006-11-22 08:07:30 +0000
+++ lib/licenses/gpl 2006-11-22 08:11:04 +0000
@@ -1,28 +1,33 @@
This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
#DATE#.
-It was downloaded from <fill in http/ftp site>
-
-Upstream Author: <put author(s) name and email here>
-
-Copyright: <put the year(s) of the copyright, and the names of the
- copyright holder(s) here>
+It was downloaded from <url://example.com>
+
+Upstream Author(s):
+
+ <put author's name and email here>
+ <likewise for another author>
+
+Copyright:
+
+ <Copyright (C) YYYY Name OfAuthor>
+ <likewise for another author>
License:
- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
=== modified file 'lib/licenses/lgpl'
--- lib/licenses/lgpl 2006-11-22 08:07:30 +0000
+++ lib/licenses/lgpl 2006-11-22 08:14:43 +0000
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
This package was debianized by #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> on
#DATE#.
-It was downloaded from <fill in http/ftp site>
-
-Upstream Author: <put author(s) name and email here>
-
-Copyright: <put the year(s) of the copyright, and the names of the
- copyright holder(s) here>
+It was downloaded from <url://example.com>
+
+Upstream Author(s):
+
+ <put author's name and email here>
+ <likewise for another author>
+
+Copyright:
+
+ <Copyright (C) YYYY Name OfAuthor>
+ <likewise for another author>
License:
@@ -27,10 +32,8 @@
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL'.
-
The Debian packaging is (C) #YEAR#, #USERNAME# <#EMAIL#> and
is licensed under the GPL, see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
-
# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
