On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:01:12 -0500, Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote: >> On 12/07/2017 05:57 AM, Steve Robbins wrote: >>> So: if I changed the boost copyright file to say "Copyright: $Dates Boost >>> authors", would it pass ftp-master scrutiny? >> >> No, I don't think so. >> >> I'm not sure what the FTP master logic is, but for me, the kernel is so >> much a high profile package, that it doesn't mater much, as we all know >> it is free software, and authors can be easily identified. It cannot be >> said the same thing about everything within Debian. Probably that's the >> FTP master reasoning: they don't need to check so much for the Linux >> kernel as they do for other less known piece of software. > >Are you saying that Boost isn't well-known?
It is significantly less well-known than the Linux kernel. >I was forced to spend a >few hours doing a thorough copyright file earlier this year for >mozjs52 which is simply the JavaScript engine from Firefox 52 ESR. I >first tried copying the Firefox 52 ESR's copyright file (removing the >extra lines that didn't apply to this more minimal source) but it >wasn't complete enough. (mozjs52 is essential for GNOME Shell 3.26.) In the long run, this is going to keep big software packages from being packaged for Debian. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834