Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-08-07 Thread Noah Slater
Hey, I would like to weigh in on this issue. Reformatting third party licences to fit nicely into 80 characters per line is troublesome and error-prone, not to mention the slippery slope of reformatting in general - i.e. where does one stop, re-indenting bullet point lists or re-aligning section

Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-08-07 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Hi, Noah Slater wrote, Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:52 PM I would like to weigh in on this issue. [...] I do not think lintian should be raising any notices about debian/copyright if only because the majority of it's content is beyond our control. /Please/ read the bug logs before weighing

Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-08-07 Thread Noah Slater
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 03:24:00PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: /Please/ read the bug logs before weighing in... :-) Aha, so that's what that means! :p I read the full bug report but I didn't understand the meaning of this: Tags added: pending Request was from Adam D. Barratt Now I know,

Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-07-21 Thread Colin Watson
Package: lintian Version: 1.24.2 Severity: wishlist W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 210 W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 212 W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 215 I think the addition of this check was a bad idea. From my point of

Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-07-21 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:22 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: I'm aware of many packages that maintain their copyright file semi-automatically by including files shipped by upstream, and it seems to me that attempting to reformat these on the fly is going to be more trouble than it's worth. I must

Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-07-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Adam D. Barratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:22 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: I'm aware of many packages that maintain their copyright file semi-automatically by including files shipped by upstream, and it seems to me that attempting to reformat these on the fly is going to

Bug#491685: debian-copyright-line-too-long is inconvenient

2008-07-21 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:22 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 210 W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 212 W: openssh-client: debian-copyright-line-too-long line 215 I think the addition of this check was a bad idea. It's