<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dr@jones.dk">dr@jones.dk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 11-12-24 at 09:31pm, Matteo F. Vescovi wrote:<br>
> On 24/12/2011 18:12, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:<br>
> >Please beware that asking a negated question is impolite: Similar to<br>
> >"when did you stop beating your spouse?" it implies an accusation.<br>
><br>
> Gosh! Never meant to be so rude. :-( Sorry.<br>
<br>
</div>Uhm, just "impolite" - most folks won't even notice it. I just happen<br>
to be nitpicking with words, and find mechanisms like this interesting.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> >>debian/copyright:<br>
> >> you need to re-work it all, to be more DEP-5 compliant [1]<br>
> ><br>
> >DEP-5 is cool, and personally I use it always, but beware that it is<br>
> >optional.<br>
><br>
> OK. When I started packaging few months ago, guys at debian-mentors<br>
> told me that copyright is very important for Debian and it would have<br>
> been nice providing something well done, maybe in DEP-5. So I thought<br>
> it was the option of choice, even though not mandatory.<br>
<br>
</div>Makes sense.<br>
<br>
...and if you do use DEP-5 then you should ensure that you follow the<br>
standard. I was just reacting on the phrasing of the response, which<br>
could be misread as DEP-5 formatting of debian/copyright is mandatory.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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- Jonas<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Okay, I've made all the suggested changes and pushed again.<br>
<br>
By the way, I was not at all offended by your email, Matteo, although I could imagine someone with a thin skin being bothered by it.<br><br>Jeremy<br></div></div>