Bug 585778 – GLEP 23: Make syntax of license names consistent with PMS

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Documentation

[Description Ulrich Müller 2016-06-13 07:23:34 UTC]

Created attachment 437342 [details, diff]
Patch for GLEP 23

I propose to add one sentence to the paragraph specifying the syntax of license names: "They must not begin with a hyphen, a dot or a plus sign." This would make the syntax consistent with PMS naming conventions. It is also consistent with current and historical usage in the gentoo tree.

Also, replace "- (dash)" by the more accurate "- (hyphen)" in the sentence preceding it.

See attached patch.

[Comment 1 Chris Reffett (RETIRED) 2016-06-23 01:28:16 UTC]

Sure. Done.

[Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow 2017-10-09 13:56:13 UTC]

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=6dd168e6e2956839b80ce955448f6eaf20057a40

commit 6dd168e6e2956839b80ce955448f6eaf20057a40
Author:     Michał Górny <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2017-09-13 07:41:30 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2017-10-09 09:14:46 +0000

    glep-0023: Update name rules
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/585778
    Original-Author: Chris Reffett <[e-mail]>

 glep-0023.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)}