If you upgrade the package with 'devtool upgrade python3-docutils', then devtool will write a diff of the license into the new recipe:
# --- COPYING.txt # +++ COPYING.txt # @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ # # :Author: David Goodger # :Contact: [email protected] # -:Date: $Date: 2021-11-19 13:46:38 +0100 (Fr, 19. Nov 2021) $ # -:Web site: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ # +:Date: $Date: 2022-05-30 18:54:46 +0200 (Mo, 30. Mai 2022) $ # +:Web site: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/ # :Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain. # # Most of the files included in this project have been placed in the # @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ # below (the "Work") to the public domain. # # The primary repository for the Work is the Internet World Wide Web # -site <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/>. The Work consists of the # +site <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/>. The Work consists of the # files within the "docutils" module of the Docutils project Subversion # -repository (Internet host docutils.svn.sourceforge.net, filesystem path # -/svnroot/docutils), whose Internet web interface is located at # -<http://docutils.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docutils/>. Files dedicated to the # +repository (http://svn.code.sf.net/p/docutils/code/), # +whose Internet web interface is located at # +<https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/code>. Files dedicated to the # public domain may be identified by the inclusion, near the beginning # of each file, of a declaration of the form:: # # @@ -99,13 +99,18 @@ # # .. _eLyXer: https://github.com/alexfernandez/elyxer # # -* docutils/parsers/recommonmark_wrapper.py, # +* docutils/__main__.py, # + docutils/parsers/commonmark_wrapper.py, # + docutils/parsers/recommonmark_wrapper.py, # docutils/utils/error_reporting.py, # docutils/utils/math/__init__.py, # docutils/utils/math/latex2mathml.py, # docutils/utils/math/tex2mathml_extern.py, # docutils/utils/punctuation_chars.py, # + docutils/utils/smartquotes.py, # docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/__init__.py, # + docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/*.css, # + docutils/writers/latex2e/docutils.sty, # docutils/writers/xetex/__init__.py, # test/test_parsers/test_recommonmark/\*.py, # test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test__init__.py, # @@ -141,12 +146,12 @@ # Plaintext versions of all the linked-to licenses are provided in the # licenses_ directory. # # -.. _sandbox: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/README.html # +.. _sandbox: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/sandbox/README.html # .. _licenses: licenses/ # -.. _Python 2.1.1 license: http://www.python.org/2.1.1/license.html # -.. _GNU General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html # +.. _Python 2.1.1 license: https://docs.python.org/3/license.html # +.. _GNU General Public License: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html # .. _BSD 2-Clause License: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause # .. _BSD 3-Clause License: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause # .. _OSI-approved: http://opensource.org/licenses/ # .. _license-list: # -.. _GPL-compatible: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html # +.. _GPL-compatible: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html # # Then it's easy to see that the changes are dates, URLs and file lists only. You can also go through the version history, but it's subversion on sourceforge, so not that simple: https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/code/9110/log/?path=/trunk/docutils/COPYING.txt (e.g. you need to check the top three commits only) Alex On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 at 02:25, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > The relevant updates of COPYING.txt are the following: > > Command line“entry point”to the docutils package. Part 2/2. > Support ``python -m docutils`` with new module `docutils.__ main__`. > Support ``docutils`` CLI command via“entry point”in setup. py. > Keep tools/docutils-cli. py for backwards compatibility and manual > installation. > Calls `docutils.__ main__. main（）`. > > But the above content can be regarded as the change of COPYING.txt? > -- > Best Regards > --------------------------------------------------- > Wang Mingyu > Development Dept.I > Nanjing Fujitsu Nanda Software Tech. Co., Ltd.(FNST) No. 6 Wenzhu Road, > Nanjing, 210012, China > TEL: +86+25-86630566-8568 > COINS: 79988548 > FAX: +86+25-83317685 > MAIL: [email protected] > http://www.fujitsu.com/cn/fnst/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2022 12:45 AM > > To: Wang, Mingyu/王 鸣瑜 <[email protected]> > > Cc: OE-core <[email protected]>; Richard Purdie > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] python3-docutils: upgrade 0.18.1 -> 0.19 > > > > On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 18:41, Richard Purdie > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > License-Update: > > > > year updated to 2022 > > > > url of some reposity and license changed exceptions of BSD > > > > 2-Clause License changed > > > > > > This last bit sounds a little worrying. Is the code still under BSD-2- > > > Clause? How did the exceptions change? Were new ones added or removed? > > > Does it change the license? > > > > In cases like this it usually helps to include a link to the commit on the > > web (e.g. > > github) where the changes are. If there are several commits between the two > > releases, then include all of them, there's usually a way to browse history > > per-file. > > > > Alex
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