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But sometimes you don’t have the hyphen or you can have +“style” instead: +<A HREF="http://pastebin.com/kyvLp9jG">http://pastebin.com/kyvLp9jG</A> + +Also, the convention is to use the short name for the license, here are +some of the affected packages: +<A HREF="http://pastebin.com/JfAzMQPG">http://pastebin.com/JfAzMQPG</A> + +Some just have the wrong name: +<A HREF="http://pastebin.com/DkRfwD8u">http://pastebin.com/DkRfwD8u</A> + +-> example: Artistic/GPL should be: GPL+ or Artistic + +There is a remaining list of more uncommon patterns, these could be +either a wrong name, or a short name not being used, I was too lazy to +sort them: <A HREF="http://pastebin.com/uTQtryWW">http://pastebin.com/uTQtryWW</A> + +In total, 2026 packages are affected out of the 6k we have in svn + +It could be nice if you fix them when you encounter them. + +For the most common ones, maybe we can script the fix (like for PHP +License -> PHP or the perl packages. + +Now I need to provide a patch for rpmlint to take this list into +account. + +Regards, +-- +Rémy CLOUARD +() ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail +/\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: not available +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 230 bytes +Desc: not available +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20110305/89ec2c9b/attachment.asc> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003040.html">[Mageia-dev] Importing Licensing Policy +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003046.html">[Mageia-dev] Importing Licensing Policy +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3045">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3045">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3045">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3045">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |