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Re: update-copyright request and patch...
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: update-copyright request and patch... |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:31:22 +0100 |
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> > Yep, this is what we did for this year. I just want to go one step
>>> > further and just collapse all years into one single range, based on
>>> > the fact that I have verified that we have made significant changes
>>> > to at least one file each year since 1986.
>>>
>>> I have already done this for some files in Libidn, based on the
>>> observation that the earlier omissions were mistakes and that the
>>> copyright year should have been bumped on every file because there was a
>>> release every year. If this is illegal or bad practice, it would be
>>> useful if you could share your response from the FSF.
>>
>> For everyone's benefit, the FSF confirmed that it is fine to do so
>> (case [gnu.org #719834]).
>
> Thanks. Here's an adjusted version of update-copyright that
> implements that.
That didn't mention justification.
I've adjusted the log and ChangeLog (a hassle to have to do that
in two places).
+2012-01-27 Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
+
+ update-copyright: accept new option: UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=2
+ * build-aux/update-copyright: When UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=2,
+ convert a sequence with gaps to the minimal containing range.
+ For example, convert 2000, 2004-2007, 2009 to 2000-2009.
+ * tests/test-update-copyright.sh: Test for this.
+ The FSF confirmed it is ok to do this, assuming there is at
+ least one significant change per year in the affected range:
+ http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/29554/focus=29860
- update-copyright request and patch..., Joel Brobecker, 2012/01/02
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Jim Meyering, 2012/01/05
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Joel Brobecker, 2012/01/06
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Jim Meyering, 2012/01/06
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Joel Brobecker, 2012/01/06
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Simon Josefsson, 2012/01/06
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Joel Brobecker, 2012/01/27
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Simon Josefsson, 2012/01/27
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Jim Meyering, 2012/01/27
- Re: update-copyright request and patch...,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: update-copyright request and patch..., Karl Berry, 2012/01/06