Making packages for Debian require quite a lot of attention to +
Making packages for Debian requires quite a lot of attention to details. And one of the details is the content of the debian/copyright file, which should list all relevant licenses used by the code in the package in question, preferably in @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ blog post from 2015. To generate using cme, use the 'update dpkg-copyright' option:
-cme update dpkg-copyright -quiet +cme update dpkg-copyright
This will create or update debian/copyright. The cme tool seem to @@ -105,6 +105,23 @@ planet.debian.org.
activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address 15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. +Update 2016-02-20: I got a tip from Mike Gabriel +on how to use licensecheck and cdbs to create a draft copyright file + +
+licensecheck --copyright -r `find * -type f` | \ + /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > debian/copyright.auto ++ +
He mentioned that he normally check the generated file into the +version control system to make it easier to discover license and +copyright changes in the upstream source. I will try to do the same +with my packages in the future.
+ +Update 2016-02-21: The cme author recommended +against using -quiet for new users, so I removed it from the proposed +command line.
+