Le ven. 25 juil. 2025 à 10:08, Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> a écrit :
> Working on 'leancrypto' packaging (which now build! see salsa pipeline > below) made me consider life choices wrt debian/copyright. > > For several of my packages, I use 'lrc' to audit that debian/copyright > file matches what 'licensecheck' thinks the license of files are. > > But what is the best tool to GENERATE a debian/copyright in a package > with 1500+ files with different copyright and license information? > > I have heard about 'clscan' but using it does not seem straightforward > to use, or at least I didn't understand how to use it. Are there any > gentle introductions to it? > > I expect a tool to be able to either CREATE a template debian/copyright > or UPDATE an existing debian/copyright (made from an earlier template) > by searching through the content of a directory. > > A tool like that doesn't feel like rocket science these days. > > Could someone summarize the alternatives and share their experience with > some of them? > > /Simon > > Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> writes: > > > Packaging is materializing here: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/leancrypto/ > > > > Automating debian/copyright generation somehow would help. > > /Simon > Did you have a look at https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReviewTools ?
