Clarifying and Documenting Licensing Requirements and Best Practices in Ubuntu

[Simon Chopin]

Hi,


On mer. 22 janv. 2025 01:03:23, Simon Quigley wrote:
[snip]
> When you should (not) rewrite a copyright file to use DEP-5
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> You **should** rewrite a copyright file to use DEP-5 if:
>
> * you are updating to a new upstream version in an Ubuntu-only package.
> * you are updating to a new upstream version in a package that is in both
>    Debian and Ubuntu, and you are sending the delta upstream to Debian.

I disagree on that specific point. The point of sending the delta is to
get said delta adopted by the Debian maintainer. Changing d/copyright is
just adding friction. The best case scenario is that the maintainer
wanted to do it but didn't have time, but even then it's still more
effort than just keeping the old format, since you don't have to review
it.