Re: Debian Policy 4.5.1.0 released

2020-11-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hello Sean, >> Does this mean merging copyright headers that differ only, >> for example, in the copyright years for a given author, is >> no longer permitted? If so, please consider this a protest >> from me as that would go against usual and accepted practice. > >No, that's still intended to be

Re: Debian Policy 4.5.1.0 released

2020-11-16 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue 17 Nov 2020 at 12:17AM GMT, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Sean Whitton dixit: > >>The copyright information for files in a package must be copied >>verbatim into ``/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright`` when > > Does this mean merging copyright headers that differ only, > for

Re: Debian Policy 4.5.1.0 released

2020-11-16 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Sean Whitton dixit: >The copyright information for files in a package must be copied >verbatim into ``/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright`` when Does this mean merging copyright headers that differ only, for example, in the copyright years for a given author, is no longer permitted? If so,