[Pkg-octave-devel] debian/copyright

[Thomas Weber]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:01:10PM +0100, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> Thomas Weber <tweber at debian.org> writes:
> 
> > I just looked at 
> > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#copyright-field
> >
> > I think we are too explicit with our current debian/copyright. If just
> > the years differ between files, they can be put into one paragraph.
> 
> It is even possible to merge in a single paragraph files with the same
> license but different copyright owners.
> 
> I’m trying to use this to simplify debian/copyright files, though I
> sometimes prefer to use different paragraphs when I think it makes the
> debian/copyright cleaner.

I didn't mean it like that - if we can generate the files automatically,
that's okay. But if we do it by hand, then there's no need for being
overly explicit.

	Thomas