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Dropping versioned docdir for license files?

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Message #17 received at 54234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 54234 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Different license file name
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:55:34 +0100

Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:

> Some software does not work with a COPYING or LICENSE file, or they do
> but also have other relevant licenses.  E.g., gnunet-scheme follows
> REUSE and puts the license texts in a LICENSES directory and some extra
> information in '.reuse/dep5'.  It would be nice if those were copied
> as well.

You can use the #:license-file-regexp argument of ‘gnu-build-system’ in
such a case.

If the file name becomes common, we can update the default
‘%license-file-regexp’ in ‘core-updates’.

HTH,
Ludo’.

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