DEP-5 requirements (was: Re: RFS: pygtkplot)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Guido, On 22.08.2011 06:15, Guido van Steen wrote: To be honest, I had never heard of a DEP-5 requirement. Therefore, my package does not contain debian/copyright file using DEP-5 either. just in case it was still unclear, despite of Vincent's reply: debian/copyright is mandatory [1], its format not. Technically you are allowed to formulate the file as you want, as long as it is there and has all information needed [2][3]. DEP-5 is a draft for now, but may end up as a official policy at some point. As Vincent says, it is widely used for all newly introduced packages and mandatory for some sponsors. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgcopyright [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/12/msg7.html [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOUitwAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtv7IP+wU+5Sy0dwVzWUePdrIQmOrg /yhkHVj0xhjE3+Cc4JU90hePBPwIf/ysliVLFOriEoBTMEbB1qwQaL4CVSQSMX3q WzaJiIblPjDei+MGt8p/bykqVCfBEWhEkI9O0oIzIM95r+xzWNwDncv1L/5oarcZ kbQ2fAg2tWvtPwJLWqapd/ez2DEJbRlYaAQiuKC0k6RtZmuQ7MZ89pDk5ZvtJDCc G7CWPV4AnwIVG1g219kJ3B65ZwNc+2/TZ/F7wIdn/0MLvsCz6+hvggrGvFsVmTpp ItOODBKLvHj2Ov4kpCfRYZ0ulLD2t1nuaTTNQZCWR2ghOPk/rgSrH3RZa5T6sLEh ZXh06ouw1T4dQ9+NdX/AqfE93fyAWTRt87mBFM0VY5pzWG/ZW+w3rip9Ax+YqblP pCO5CtHM25Zwk1zWFZm/lrDIFir1/5gUhxyqQu0bsCRafK7sNDEXGFEjcuGuNxE3 XGd4t2kjnlYcSOLuk5EPgaqofZS5Ro0TuhFfj/mL3FMZU3ARjIJHniwWcMcEYUks bjJc8zHZj8Y2lB3R27YtHLhX4HzhU0W3zDrUlj97MmdSNf6Rj3Gda+VvtAt64eGy TWmkl0Jp2ei7GyMqm7vNAO7syrPtNqgpuMhdqYRCEycfSMg3Y3ie91peRYrcSw6g F24RAiQqSzsTNIeHdxr1 =6WIX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e522b70.1000...@toell.net
Re: DEP-5 requirements (was: Re: RFS: pygtkplot)
Le Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:12:00PM +0200, Arno Töll a écrit : DEP-5 is a draft for now, but may end up as a official policy at some point. As Vincent says, it is widely used for all newly introduced packages and mandatory for some sponsors. Dear Arno and everybody, DEP 5 will be distributed in the debian-policy package (see #609160), but there is not plan of making it part of the Policy, in the sense of being mandatory or strongly recommended. The Policy, and the licenses themselves, set some requirements on how to document copyrights and licenses in Debian packages, and DEP 5 provides a format to do this in a machine-readable way. Also, there is another player in the field, the SPDX format (http://spdx.org/), that would be equally good for debian/copyright, although given its fine granularity, I do not expect to see it used often in Debian packages when it is not used upstream. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110822131246.ga10...@merveille.plessy.net
