[oi-dev] 1567 oi-build generated files should use Illumos copyright header

Bayard G. Bell buffer.g.overflow at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 16:48:24 UTC 2011


On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 21:07 -0400, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 08:13:35PM -0400, cwjordanoi at cox.net wrote:
> > 
> > ---- Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jeffpc at josefsipek.net> wrote: 
> >  Oh, I see, I did not realize it was just a template.  I agree it
> >  shouldn't say Oracle.  I'm afraid I don't know if OI is a legal entity or
> >  not, but having Random Developer pop up whenever someone forgets to
> >  update that file might look silly?
> 
> That's why we have the review process, right?  If we are really worried
> about Random Developers sneaking in, we could add a lint check :)  I think
> that's not necessary at least in the near future.

Why not follow Illumos and use something like nits with the Mercurial
API? That would allow you to check that the user's name has been set in
~/.hgrc and that that same name was used in the copyright declaration?





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