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

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Reinhard Tartler (2013-03-02 15:05:22)
> 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.

No, it means I am not going to help out _your_ way. Slight yet important 
difference.

Oh, and please refrain from lecturing me how your way is more sane - 
just do whatever you please with "your" package.


 - Jonas

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