Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Joel E. Denny wrote: On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Eric Blake wrote: ... According to Akim Demaille on 8/13/2009 1:59 AM: - Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software - Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-14 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Below are some patches to implement that. ... +2009-08-14 Joel E. Denny jde...@clemson.edu + + update-copyright: convert 2-digit to 4-digit years + * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document. + *

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Joel E. Denny wrote: On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Below are some patches to implement that. ... +2009-08-14 Joel E. Denny jde...@clemson.edu + + update-copyright: convert 2-digit to 4-digit years + * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document. + *

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Joel E. Denny wrote: I just realized I don't know how to configure update-copyright permanently for a project. The following patch gives me a way. Pushed. I'll certainly be using that.

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-13 Thread Akim Demaille
Hi All! Le 28 juil. 09 à 02:36, Joel E. Denny a écrit : diff --git a/src/head.c b/src/head.c index c96f910..89b6ef9 100644 --- a/src/head.c +++ b/src/head.c @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ /* head -- output first part of file(s) - Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software - Foundation,

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-13 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Akim Demaille on 8/13/2009 1:59 AM: - Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software - Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. While at it, why not

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-13 Thread Karl Berry
While at it, why not standardize everything to 4 digits Sounds like a good idea to me FWIW. The 2-digit years came about because rms optimized it with lawyers umpteen years ago. When I questioned him about it more recently (maybe only .3umpteen years :), he went back to the lawyers and

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-13 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Eric Blake wrote: According to Akim Demaille on 8/13/2009 1:59 AM: - Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software - Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. While at it, why not

Re: new module: update-copyright [Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-08-12 Thread Akim Demaille
Le 31 juil. 09 à 15:52, Joel E. Denny a écrit : Hi Joel, +# Format within margin. +my $new_wrapped; +my $text_margin = $margin - length($prefix); +while (length($new)) + { +if (($new =~ s/^(.{1,$text_margin})(?: |$)//) +||

Re: new module: update-copyright [Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-31 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Joel E. Denny wrote: On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: There remains at least one infelicity: if someone discusses the Copyright (C) notation (e.g., as on this line), and later has the copyright-with-dates line, the prefixes may not match. We could require

Re: new module: update-copyright [Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-30 Thread Jim Meyering
Joel E. Denny wrote: On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: I'd like to use this in Bison. Would you consider contributing build-aux/update-copyright to gnulib so we don't maintain separate

Re: new module: update-copyright [Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-30 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Thank you! Thank you. :) Here's an incremental change I'm about to fold into yours. It changes comment to prefix and adjusts syntax. Makes sense. There remains at least one infelicity: if someone discusses the Copyright (C) notation (e.g., as on

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Joel E. Denny wrote: Hi Jim. On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: From 85dd41402048603c977f49c5d1ea349b1c724531 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering meyer...@redhat.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:33:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] maint: add a rule to automate the annual

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: Hi Jim. On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: From 85dd41402048603c977f49c5d1ea349b1c724531 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering meyer...@redhat.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:33:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] maint: add a rule to automate

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-29 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: I'd like to use this in Bison. Would you consider contributing build-aux/update-copyright to gnulib so we don't maintain separate copies? Sure. Thanks. I'll watch for that. In the meantime, I'll probably import a copy

new module: update-copyright [Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Joel E. Denny wrote: On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: I'd like to use this in Bison. Would you consider contributing build-aux/update-copyright to gnulib so we don't maintain separate copies? Sure. Thanks. I'll watch for that. In the meantime, I'll

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-29 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: You're still missing copyrights containing newline followed by a comment sequence. For example, m4/lib-check.m4. You're right. Thanks. This new version catches those, too. It doesn't allow trailing blanks between the final number and \n#, but

Re: new module: update-copyright [Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-29 Thread Joel E. Denny
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Joel E. Denny wrote: I'd like to use this in Bison. Would you consider contributing build-aux/update-copyright to gnulib so we don't maintain separate copies? Sure.

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-07-27 Thread Joel E. Denny
Hi Jim. On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: From 85dd41402048603c977f49c5d1ea349b1c724531 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering meyer...@redhat.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:33:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] maint: add a rule to automate the annual copyright-year-update process *

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-26 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net writes: I prefer to have one change set per year updating all copyright year lists, rather than having a copyright-list update as part of the first change of the year for files modified in the normal course of development. Sounds fine.

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-26 Thread Jim Meyering
Philip Rowlands wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: It doesn't affect it at all, if you use a version of coreutils from 1980, then the copyright term will be from that date. If you use a version from 2100 then it will be from that date. OK, but taken separately the files

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-25 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Karl Berry just mentioned that it's now considered fine (recommended, even) to update all copyright lists to include the new year on January 1. I realise this list may not be the right place for GNU policy discussion, but how will this affect the

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-25 Thread Jim Meyering
Philip Rowlands wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: Karl Berry just mentioned that it's now considered fine (recommended, even) to update all copyright lists to include the new year on January 1. I realise this list may not be the right place for GNU policy discussion, but how

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-25 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Jim Meyering wrote: migration of coreutils works into the public domain I know of no such plan. I'm refering to the copyright term limits which apply to all works, not a specific plan for coreutils. Cheers, Phil ___

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-25 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
migration of coreutils works into the public domain I know of no such plan. I'm refering to the copyright term limits which apply to all works, not a specific plan for coreutils. It doesn't affect it at all, if you use a version of coreutils from 1980, then the copyright term

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-25 Thread Eric Blake
Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net writes: I prefer to have one change set per year updating all copyright year lists, rather than having a copyright-list update as part of the first change of the year for files modified in the normal course of development. Sounds fine. So I did the

Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

2009-06-25 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: It doesn't affect it at all, if you use a version of coreutils from 1980, then the copyright term will be from that date. If you use a version from 2100 then it will be from that date. OK, but taken separately the files have/had dates to indicate