On su, 2010-11-14 at 11:13 +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Extra fields can be added to any paragraph. No prefixing is > necessary. Future versions of the `debian/copyright` > specification will attempt to avoid conflicting specifications > for widely used extra fields. > > Is that enough? This is a minor detail, I'd like to not start specifying > too much about how parsers are supposed to handle the fields, etc.
I ended up with this formulation, I hope that's acceptable to everyone: -Extra fields can be added to any paragraph. Their name starts by **`X-`**. +Extra fields can be added to any paragraph. +No prefixing is necessary or desired, but please avoid names similar +to standard ones so that mistakes are easier to catch. +Future versions of the `debian/copyright` +specification will attempt to avoid conflicting specifications +for widely used extra fields. After this, we should have the license shortname, description, SPDX compatibility, etc, discussion remaining before the DEP5 spec should hopefully be finished. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1290244968.3234.44.ca...@havelock.lan