[SCM] gavl packaging branch, master, updated. debian/1.1.2-1-3-g0849db1

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 01:16:53PM +0000, quadrispro-guest at users.alioth.debian.org wrote:
>    Update debian/copyright as per DEP-5 spec.

>+Files: *

Above line is superfluous with most recent drafts of DEP5.

>+Files: gavl/mmx/mmx.h

>+File: include/float_cast.h
>+Copyright: 2001-2002 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd at zip.com.au>
>+

Above does not comply with newest drafts of DEP5: the file string needs 
to be usable with find.  Prepend "./" and it is good.


>+License: GPL-2
>+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>+ (at your option) any later version.

Above is not "GPL-2" but "GPL-2+". The trailing "+" is part of the 
license string, not a separate controlling hint.


>+X-Comment: On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
>+ License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 file.

Interesting approach.  I tend to just put upstream licensing string and 
own additional comments together, as it isn't really "verbatim" anyway 
due to indentation changes and possibly wrapping.  I might reconsider.


Those reading this and *not* abandoning CDBS (as was done here) might be 
interested in doing a "touch debian/copyright_hints" to enable automated 
DEP5-based copyright check at build time.  That hint file is useful also 
as basis for transitions of the copyright file to new DEP5 format.


Kind regards,

  - Jonas

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