On pe, 2010-08-13 at 09:57 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > The “paragraph” format that is popular in Debian control files does not allow > the use of free comments. [- - -] ... > I propose to use a simpler format, that is trivial to parse:
Having debian/copyright use the same file format as debian/control would seem to me to be a plus. People are already used to writing in that format, and there are parser implementations for the format, so it's a very convenient one to use. The format even allows using '#' for comments. Therefore it is my personal opinion that we should stick to this. However, as DEP-5 driver, I will record any consensus that emerges. If there is wide support for Charles's new format, I'll modify DEP-5 to use that. So if you support it, please speak up now. (Until and unless a consensus in favor of the new syntax is clear, I will assume the consensus is for the syntax in the current revision of the specification.) > On the other hand, it was noted by Don yesterday and by Steve in December that > other projects, in particular Fedora, also use short names. I think that it > important that we converge on a common set. I proposed in December to contact > Fedora, but did not get positive answers on debian-project. I volunteer again > to contact Fedora and the Linux Foundation as a DEP driver, to propose them > to use a common set. The SPDX people are collaboration with other projects, including Fedora, on this right now. Steve and I discussed it and he'll join the SPDX mailing list to represent us, and will relay any concerns and updates. (I don't know if the SPDX list is public. I hope it is. If someone can find out and post a URL to their list archive, it would be a good thing.) Personal opinion: mostly the license shortnames should just require agreeing what they are for each of the most common licenses, and it doesn't really matter what the exact string for each one is. I'm OK with anything that is unambiguous. I would like to see us avoid painting this bikeshed as much as possible. > Unbranding > ---------- > > To my knowledge, you were the first to suggest this. I can't remember what this is about. Can you refresh our memories? > I am running out of time, but that is already a couple of things to discuss. I have not commented on most of your topics, because I have no opinion on most of them. If others comment and there's a consensus for the changes you propose, I'll edit the spec accordingly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1281678216.2264.170.ca...@havelock
