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Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions?

From Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.project
Subject Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions?
Date 2019-12-29 16:10 +0100
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On Sunday, December 29, 2019 9:56:00 AM EST Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sat 28 Dec 2019 at 10:46am -05, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > The same information could be included in the machine readable format as
> > comments.  It's not the format per se that helps, it's how the maintainer
> > organizes the information.
> > 
> > Also, personally, I find understanding what debian/copyright says is a
> > trivial effort compared to understanding what copyright/licenses actually
> > apply to the package.
> 
> I agree with your general points, here, but for very complicated
> packages with a lot of different licenses, the machine-readable format
> can be easier to work with.

I agree with that, but I don't think the advantage is sufficient that we should 
burden contributors with making it a requirement.

Scott K

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Do we still value contributions? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2019-12-24 17:00 +0100
  Re: Do we still value contributions? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-12-24 17:20 +0100
    Re: Do we still value contributions? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2019-12-24 19:20 +0100
    Re: Do we still value contributions? Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2019-12-25 21:20 +0100
      Re: Do we still value contributions? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2019-12-26 05:00 +0100
      Re: Do we still value contributions? Xavier <yadd@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 08:00 +0100
  Re: Do we still value contributions? Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2019-12-24 19:00 +0100
    Re: Do we still value contributions? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2019-12-24 19:10 +0100
      Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2019-12-25 23:00 +0100
        Re: Do we still value contributions? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2019-12-26 04:50 +0100
          Re: Do we still value contributions? Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> - 2019-12-26 15:00 +0100
            Re: Do we still value contributions? Mo Zhou <lumin@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 16:40 +0100
              Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-26 17:10 +0100
                Re: Do we still value contributions? Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 17:20 +0100
                Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-26 17:40 +0100
                Re: Do we still value contributions? Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2019-12-26 18:00 +0100
            Re: Do we still value contributions? Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 17:30 +0100
            Re: Do we still value contributions? Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de> - 2019-12-27 02:00 +0100
              Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-27 12:40 +0100
                Re: Do we still value contributions? Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2020-01-04 04:10 +0100
        possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Mo Zhou <lumin@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 05:20 +0100
          Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 15:10 +0100
            Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de> - 2019-12-26 17:20 +0100
              Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 17:40 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-26 18:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 18:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 11:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> - 2019-12-28 11:50 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 15:40 +0100
              Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2019-12-26 17:40 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 20:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-12-26 20:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 11:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-28 11:40 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 15:50 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-12-28 16:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2019-12-28 21:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de> - 2019-12-28 16:20 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-12-28 16:50 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? "Paul R. Tagliamonte" <paultag@gmail.com> - 2019-12-28 17:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de> - 2019-12-28 17:30 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-29 16:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-12-29 16:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-31 23:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-29 16:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-29 17:50 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2019-12-29 19:20 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2019-12-26 20:30 +0100
              Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 11:10 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-12-28 14:30 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 15:40 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-28 17:40 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2019-12-28 21:30 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-12-28 23:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2019-12-28 23:20 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Mo Zhou <lumin@debian.org> - 2019-12-29 03:30 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2019-12-29 04:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> - 2019-12-29 09:20 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Judit Foglszinger <fgrfgr@freenet.de> - 2019-12-29 10:30 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> - 2019-12-29 16:00 +0100
                Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-29 16:10 +0100
          Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-12-26 15:10 +0100
          Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value contributions? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2019-12-28 11:00 +0100
            Re: possibly exhausted ftp-masters (Re: Do we still value  contributions? Mo Zhou <lumin@debian.org> - 2019-12-28 12:10 +0100

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