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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <car...@debian.org>
Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.perl
Subject: [Debian Perl Group Policy] Proposal for the debian/copyright 	handling: Should follow copyright-format 1.0
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:00:02 +0200
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Hi

One of the open tasks[1] is to document the use of copyright-format
1.0 in our group policy. Attached is a first proposed version which we
can vote on to have it added to the policy.

Suggestions? Improvements? Changes? Discussion needed? :-)

 [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup/OpenTasks

Regards
Salvatore

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=46rom 93e4aaeb3ba2d733cfc61c1114a390189f3ca712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
=46rom: Salvatore Bonaccorso <car...@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 20:48:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document handling of debian/copyright in policy

Add a note that every copyright file should follow copyright-format 1.0
as released together with Debian Policy 3.9.3.
---
 policy.pod |   23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/policy.pod b/policy.pod
index 4f6734b..0428b20 100644
--- a/policy.pod
+++ b/policy.pod
@@ -24,19 +24,21 @@ Perl Group Git Guide (L<http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.o=
rg/git.html>).
=20
 =3Ditem 3. L<debian/control handling|/"debian/control handling">
=20
-=3Ditem 4. L<debian/watch handling|/"debian/watch handling">
+=3Ditem 4. L<debian/copyright handling|/"debian/copyright handling">
=20
-=3Ditem 5. L<Package Naming Policy|/"Package Naming Policy">
+=3Ditem 5. L<debian/watch handling|/"debian/watch handling">
=20
-=3Ditem 6. L<Test suites|/"Test suites">
+=3Ditem 6. L<Package Naming Policy|/"Package Naming Policy">
=20
-=3Ditem 7. L<Debian Maintainers practice|/"Debian Maintainers practice">
+=3Ditem 7. L<Test suites|/"Test suites">
=20
-=3Ditem 8. L<Release Process|/"Release Process">
+=3Ditem 8. L<Debian Maintainers practice|/"Debian Maintainers practice">
=20
-=3Ditem 9. L<Authors|/"Authors">
+=3Ditem 9. L<Release Process|/"Release Process">
=20
-=3Ditem 10. L<License|/"License">
+=3Ditem 10. L<Authors|/"Authors">
+
+=3Ditem 11. L<License|/"License">
=20
 =3Dback
=20
@@ -168,6 +170,13 @@ The pkg-perl group members prefer to directly use debh=
elper when packaging. We
 suggest you don't use cdbs as part of the build process for packages inten=
ded
 to be group-maintained.
=20
+=3Dhead1 debian/copyright handling
+
+Each package should have the copyright file F<debian/copyright> following =
the
+copyright-format 1.0 as documented in
+L<http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/> and w=
hich
+was released together with Debian Policy 3.9.3.
+
 =3Dhead1 debian/watch handling
=20
 Each package should have a watch file (F<debian/watch>) to make manual and
--=20
1.7.10


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