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authorEdward Welbourne <edward.welbourne@qt.io>2023-02-14 15:04:41 +0100
committerVolker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@qt.io>2023-03-03 22:55:54 +0000
commita9dce52d89dcf52dd35be0afd2a61d9cd267f03b (patch)
treec138f334a5cf441327f9b4bb13dd0841d119782c
parent0818c469d0364c9557463086b958abb224de704a (diff)
Provide for Comment fields in attribution files
The lack of a comment format in JSON makes it tiresome for developers to leave notes for the benefit of those who may update a third-party component in future. So provide Comment fields for notes on any supported field. Change-Id: I97b00010e267537c0e4ffa6cf7a1ce4089a4b63c Reviewed-by: Kai Köhne <kai.koehne@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Volker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@qt.io>
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diff --git a/quip-0007.rst b/quip-0007.rst
index c8e4d49..3148930 100644
--- a/quip-0007.rst
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@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Author: Kai Köhne
Status: Active
Type: Implementation
Created: 2017-02-15
-Post-History: https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2017-March/029198.html
+Post-History:
+ https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2017-March/029198.html
+ https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2023-February/043639.html
Overview
========
@@ -56,6 +58,11 @@ Version
Optional.
DownloadLocation
Link to exact upstream version. Optional.
+Comment
+ An arbitrary JSON object, for use by those maintaining third-party
+ components, to leave notes to those doing future updates. JSON
+ explicitly allows a name to be used repeatedly so separate comments
+ can be placed alongside any fields to which they may be relevant.
License
The license under which the component is distributed, preferably with the
names from SPDX [1]_ 'Full Name'. Mandatory.