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On 2013-05-21 07:21, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.10.5
> Severity: wishlist
>
> The new Copyright Format 1.0 lists Debian copyrights in stanza:
>
> Files: debian/*
> Copyright:
> 2006-2011 Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net>
> 1998-2000, 2002-2004 Thimo Neubauer <th...@debian.org>
> License: LGPL-2+
>
> It's easy to miss listing people that have worked with the package and
> own the Copyright too:
>
> # Roughly something like this
>
> $ cd ace-of-penguins/debian
>
> $ awk '/ -- .*>/ {printf("%d %s %s %s\n", $(NF - 2), $2, $3,$4)}' changelog
> |
> sort -ru
>
> [...]
>
> Please consider adding a check that would parse the people from "--"
> lines of debian/changelog and see that they are listed in
> debian/copyright.
>
> [...]
Hi,
While this is a interesting idea, I am not quite convinced by it. I
suspect there are plenty^W several of cases where a name could be listed
in d/changelog without needing to be in d/copyright.
That said, you can now write this check for personal usage.
~Niels
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