[SCM] libav/experimental: Rewrite copyright file using copyright format 1.0. Closes: bug#694657. Thanks to Francesco Poli.

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> Quoting Reinhard Tartler (2013-03-02 14:30:26)
>> What I did is to install licensecheck2dep5 script into debian, and
>> copy its invocation from cdbs's utils.mk into debian/rules.
>> Unfortunately, I am unable to produce satisfactory results with that.
>> I am unsatisfied, because with this re-implementation, I get a
>> diffstat of this:
>>
>>  copyright_newhints | 6192 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>  1 file changed, 3758 insertions(+), 2434 deletions(-)
>>
>> That's clearly too much for me to review, so I wonder what cdbs is
>> doing differently than me calling licensecheck2dep5 by hand.
>>
>> Jonas, maybe you could have a look and tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> The very point of CDBS is to reuse common packaging patterńs across many
> packages.  Some people find CDBS helpful, som people hate CDBS.
>
> licensecheck2dep5 specifically is a crude filter applied on top of
> licencecheck.  I am interested in something better - also something not
> tied to CDBS - but I have no interest in helping rip apart CDBS to reach
> _same_ functionality as CDBS brings already but stuffed into each
> indicidual package.

Jonas, I understand that this reply is supposed to indicate that you
are not going to help out here.

That's unfortunate, but that also means that the current
debian/copyright file is in an absolutely unmaintainable state. I am
not going to touch it right now in the hope that a better solution is
found until such changes becomes necessary, but if that happens before
we have a solution, I fear the only option available to me will be to
revert to a simpler to maintain structure of the licensing file.

-- 
regards,
    Reinhard