On la, 2010-08-14 at 15:05 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > -The `debian/copyright` file must be machine-interpretable, yet > > -human-readable, while communicating all mandated upstream information, > > -copyright notices and licensing details. > > The rest is good, but I like that paragraph.
I've resurrected that paragraph. New patch attached.
=== modified file 'dep5.mdwn' --- dep5.mdwn 2010-08-13 05:09:06 +0000 +++ dep5.mdwn 2010-08-14 19:42:38 +0000 @@ -54,17 +54,16 @@ they have a problem with, even if the licenses are DFSG-free. For example, the Affero GPL. -# Compatibility and Human-Readability -The file must be encoded as UTF-8 and strictly formatted as a superset -of RFC2822 including significant newlines. Free-form text is not -allowed. +# File syntax The `debian/copyright` file must be machine-interpretable, yet human-readable, while communicating all mandated upstream information, copyright notices and licensing details. -For the sake of human-readability this proposal avoids any complex field -names or syntax rules. +The syntax of the file is the same as for other Debian control files, +as specified in section 5.1 of the Debian Policy Manual. +See <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-controlsyntax> +for details. # Implementation ## Sections