Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:36:10PM +0200, Mats Erik Andersson a écrit : > > When can we expect > > http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/dep/ > > to be populated with anything beyond emptyness? Hello, with the help of the admins, the CVS repository of the dep Alioth project was deleted, and the a

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-31 Thread Mats Erik Andersson
söndag den 29 maj 2011 klockan 16:53 skrev Lars Wirzenius detta: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > > I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people > > hitting debian-mentors. While I personally don't care as long as > > the copyright file

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-30 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 05/30/2011 08:34 PM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > Why not just make it a format, e.g. require that some things must > presents here, some another must be there, but leave it relatively > free-form? > Because the goal is to stop the mess, not to reduce its amount, and also to have the copyright

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-30 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Mon, 30 May 2011 17:39:40 +0800 Thomas Goirand wrote: > > It's much harder to read it for humans than old good traditional > > debian/copyright. > Which format are you talking about? The "old good traditional > format" is in fact no format at all, with no rules, and we had > all sorts

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-30 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 05/30/2011 01:46 AM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote: > It's much harder to read it for humans than old good traditional > debian/copyright. > Which format are you talking about? The "old good traditional format" is in fact no format at all, with no rules, and we had all sorts of formatting, which i

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-30 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > Hi, > I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people > hitting debian-mentors. While I personally don't care as long as > the copyright file is complete I don't think this fulfills the goal of > this DEP. >

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-29 Thread Mats Erik Andersson
söndag den 29 maj 2011 klockan 16:53 skrev Lars Wirzenius detta: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > > I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people > use whatever you feel best like. The spec suggests something like this: > > http://s

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-29 Thread Russ Allbery
"Andrew O. Shadoura" writes: > It's much harder to read it for humans than old good traditional > debian/copyright. I personally don't agree. I think DEP-5 is easier to read because it's the same as every other package that uses DEP-5 (well, once we get the format hammered out), so I can quickl

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-29 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Mon, 30 May 2011 01:05:02 +0800 Thomas Goirand wrote: > P.S: What's blocking DEP5 from reaching the policy? > I think it's great the way it is right now already... Isn't it way too machine-oriented to be in the policy? It's much harder to read it for humans than old good traditional

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-29 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 05/29/2011 11:53 PM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > >> I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people >> hitting debian-mentors. While I personally don't care as long as >> the copyright file is complete I don

Re: DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-29 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people > hitting debian-mentors. While I personally don't care as long as > the copyright file is complete I don't think this fulfills the goal of > this DEP. This is

DEP-5 format definition hell

2011-05-29 Thread Sven Hoexter
Hi, I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people hitting debian-mentors. While I personally don't care as long as the copyright file is complete I don't think this fulfills the goal of this DEP. It would be nice if the involved people would clarify what should be used.