Re: updating copyright years

[Jim Meyering]

Joel E. Denny wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Karl Berry wrote:
>
>> It definitely would be nice, and I've contemplated doing so from time to
>> time, but it never seemed like a big enough deal with which to occupy
>> rms's time discussing.
>
> I understand.
>
>>     So, the consensus is that we should make (C) completely optional?
>>
>> That is the reality.  There are a lot of files without the (C), and even
>> more files with the (C).
>
> The following patch adds support.
>
>>     little worried that this increases the changes of update-copyright
>>     matching incorrect text.
>>
>> As long as Copyright is the first word on the line, and it's followed by
>> at least one four-digit number, a false positive doesn't seem likely to
>> me.  But what do I know.
>
> After the recent cleanup in update-copyright, it should be safe.
>
>>From 909fbf122f97e02687e77814e5ebfb38e063f1cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Joel E. Denny <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:51:27 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] update-copyright: support omitted "(C)"
>
> * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document.  Also,
> allow variable whitespace before "(C)".
> * tests/test-update-copyright.sh: Test.

Thanks.  I've pushed that as well as the one adding support for C comments.