Author: tille
Date: 2011-03-30 07:35:52 +0000 (Wed, 30 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 6399
Modified:
trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
How to check copyright file for correct syntax
Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml 2011-03-30 07:20:27 UTC (rev
6398)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml 2011-03-30 07:35:52 UTC (rev
6399)
@@ -579,7 +579,18 @@
<sect2 id="debian-copyright">
<title><filename>debian/copyright</filename></title>
- <para>We use the <ulink
url="http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat";>proposed
machine-readable format</ulink> for the <filename>debian/copyright</filename>
file. The <computeroutput>Source</computeroutput> field does not need to
contain the full URL to the particular version that is being packaged, since
this can be determined by the <command>uscan</command> program with the
<filename>debian/watch</filename> file. Please list yourself in the
<computeroutput>Files: debian/*</computeroutput> section if you think that your
contributions are not trivial and therefore subjected to copyright. Please
chose a license that is compatible with the program you package. You can also
use <quote>same as if it were in the public domain</quote> or <quote>same as
the packaged program itself</quote>.</para>
+ <para>We use the <ulink
url="http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat";>proposed
machine-readable format</ulink>
+ for the <filename>debian/copyright</filename>
file. The <computeroutput>Source</computeroutput> field does not
+ need to contain the full URL to the particular
version that is being packaged, since this can be determined by
+ the <command>uscan</command> program with the
<filename>debian/watch</filename> file. Please list yourself in the
+ <computeroutput>Files: debian/*</computeroutput>
section if you think that your contributions are not trivial and
+ therefore subjected to copyright. Please chose a
license that is compatible with the program you package. You can
+ also use <quote>same as if it were in the public
domain</quote> or <quote>same as the packaged program itself</quote>.
+ </para>
+ <para>To verify the correct syntax of the
<filename>debian/copyright</filename> file you can use</para>
+ <blockquote><userinput>
+ <command>config-edit -application dpkg-copyright
-ui none</command>
+ </userinput></blockquote>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="debian-changelog">
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