Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It was downloaded from CVS at subversions.gnu.org using the commands >> ... > > OK. The CVS server has changed, so I'll fix this.
Thanks, >> 2) >> The upstream author of w3 is William M. Perry >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >> >> Problem: Missing Copyright year. > > The copyright year is listed a few lines down in > debian/copyright. There is no requirement, as far as I know, > that author and copyright year be given in exactly the same > place. It would be good it it were in the format described in following message. "How (not) to write copyright file" From: Joerg Jaspert http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html - A good example looks like: | This package was debianized by VICTIMS NAME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on | DATE. | | The current Debian maintainer is YOUR NAME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | It was downloaded from: http://www.download.address/foo.bar.tgz | | Upstream Authors: Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson | | Copyright: 1971 - 2001 Homer Simpson | 2001 - 2006 Bart Simpson | In comparison to the above, The 4.0pre.2001.10.27.nodocs-2 version of w3-el-21's debina/copyright reads: This package was debianized by Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 8 Mar 1997 06:29:50 +0100. It is now maintained by Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. It was downloaded from CVS at subversions.gnu.org using the commands cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvs login cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvs checkout w3 The upstream author of w3 is William M. Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Copyright: ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. [...] The lintian tool can then make uniform checks and other sweeps over the copyright file. Any deviation from this will make things not so simple. Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
