Bug#929694: cme update dpkg-copyright removes manually added copyright entries
Dominique Dumont
dod at debian.org
Thu Sep 5 18:06:07 BST 2019
On Fri, 31 May 2019 23:04:58 +0500 Pirate Praveen <praveen at onenetbeyond.org>
wrote:
> > First problem: LICENSE and README.md do not contain the same copyright
> > owners. By reading the README.md file, I saw that make-iterator is
> > derived from moutjs. Hence debian/copyright entry is accurate.
> >
> > But how can cme decide if the discrepancy is due to upstream change or
> > upstream inconsistencies ? It cannot.
> >
> Don't remove anything if cme is not sure. When more than one notice is
> there, add both, I think that is safer. In this case both notices are
> still present.
ok, I've found a way to implement this without messing up other packages.
In next release, the information coming from LICENSE and README file is merged
in the directory entry (make_iterator/*)
All the best.
Dod
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