From: Russ Allbery
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:44:39 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Reference copyright-format from Debian Policy
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Reference copyright-format from Debian Policy
---
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 8100da0..b3c5886 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@
.
+
+
+ Finally, a specification for
+ machine-readable copyright files is maintained as part of
+ the debian-policy package using the same
+ procedure as the other policy documents. Use of this format is
+ optional.
+
@@ -9913,7 +9921,27 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
You should not use the copyright file as a general README
file. If your package has such a file it should be
installed in /usr/share/doc/package/README or
- README.Debian or some other appropriate place.
+ README.Debian or some other appropriate place.
+
+
+
+ Machine-readable copyright information
+
+
+ A specification for a standard, machine-readable format
+ for debian/copyright files is maintained as part
+ of the debian-policy package. This
+ document may be found in the copyright-format
+ files in the debian-policy package. It is
+ also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ .
+
+
+
+ Use of this format is optional.
+
+
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index b62e5e0..7d5016a 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Unreleased.
Debian maintainers involved in the creation of the package (although
note that the requirement to list copyright information is unchanged).
+copyright-format
+ - Version 1.0 of the "Machine-readable debian/copyright
+ file" specification is included.
+
mime
- Retire this separate document and merge its (short) contents into
Policy section 9.7. There are no changes to the requirements.