On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:
> Hi,
> I currently see a wild mix of different format definitions used by people
> hitting debian-mentors. While I personally don't care as long as
> the copyright file is complete I don't think this fulfills the goal of
> this DEP.
>
> It would be nice if the involved people would clarify what should be
> used. So far I've seen the following referenced:
>
> a) SVN revisions of the mdwn file (seems to be ok)
IMHO this is the preferred (and the only correct) format - there was
a revision of DEP-5 itself that changed the examples to use that after
some discussion.
However, as pointed out in a follow-up, the URL itself might need to
be changed after the Alioth migration... and time will show what it
needs to be changed *to*
> b) http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ (seems to be not that wrong but
> exactly this current document claims that a revision of the mdwn file
> should be used)
Hm, does it really? Yes, it used to - but I think it doesn't right now.
(see the description of the Format header)
> c) a wiki page (rejected that one, seems wrong to me)
This used to be correct during the initial discussion of the idea of
machine-readable copyright files; it became incorrect the moment
DEP 5 was created as such
> d) broken links (obviously rejected)
True, that
G'luck,
Peter
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What would this sentence be like if it weren't self-referential?
DEP-5 format definition hell
