On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:47:41PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > a significant part of the time dedicated to make and update Debian packages is > spent in making an exhaustive inventory of the copyright attributions of the > distributed work, and to clean the upstream original sources from files that > have no impact on the binary packages we distribute. After a couple of years > spent as a Debian developer, my personal conclusion that this time could be > better spent for other efforts. I therefore propose to make these > practices optional. Since it is a major change in our traditions, I propose > to make a GR to make sure that there is a consensus. > > 1) The copyright attributions. [...lots of text snipped...]
I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but does this really really really need a GR? -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
