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reuse.readthedocs.io refers to dep5 without explaining what it is

Open aspiers opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

I can't see a single explanation in the README or docs of what dep5 is. After some head-scratching and searching online, I finally found http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5, but the documentation should definitely not assume that everyone is a Debian packager and knows what this is.

aspiers avatar Sep 07 '21 00:09 aspiers

The README links to the FAQ and the REUSE Specification. Both of those link to the Machine-readable debian/copyright file standard.

So, it’s not completely undocumented, but the documentation should be improved if reuse init is going to automatically generate one for you.

Jayman2000 avatar Sep 07 '21 17:09 Jayman2000

OK thanks! Title updated accordingly.

aspiers avatar Sep 07 '21 21:09 aspiers