Re: New DEP: Usage of SDPX in debian/copyright
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 6:55 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Are we dicussing the request to take DEP-17 for a 3rd copyright file > format, or more generally how to best integrate SPDX in copyright files, > or something else? > > Are we discussing one (or more) of those topics here or at d-devel, or > both?!? > > I tried to encourage keeping the broader discussion at d-devel by only > pointing towards it from here, but perhaps that was wrong/silly... To answer this quickly: the former one is my plan. But plans won't always work, so I will also look at the latter option (i.e. REUSE -> SPDX -> DEP5). Note that DEP5 -> SPDX is afaik not possible standalone, but REUSE essentially is already a DEP5 -> SPDX converter if given the source files. Regards, Stephan
New DEP: Usage of SDPX in debian/copyright
I would like to request to take the next available DEP number (17 as of today). It is about using the SPDX specification as an alternative to the machine-readable debian/copyright (previously DEP-5). An initial discussion was started on debian-devel [1], and since there have been no large objections I would like to formalize it. For now, am I the only driver of this DEP. I would like to maintain the DEP in the DEP Team's repository [2]. The header for the DEP: Title: Usage of SDPX documents in debian/copyright DEP: 17 State: DRAFT Date: 2021-02-08 Drivers: Stephan Lachnit URL: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep17 Source: https://salsa.debian.org/dep-team/deps/-/blob/master/web/deps/dep17.mdwn License: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html Abstract: Accept SPDX documents as format for debian/copyright to use upstream copyright and licensing information, reducing manual copyright review labor. Once the DEP number is confirmed, I will upload an initial draft in the following days. Regards, Stephan [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/01/msg00309.html [2] https://salsa.debian.org/dep-team/deps
