Re: Adding missing copyright years

[Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>]

> TO me, the recent updates seem to be a step backwards, rather than forwards,
> in terms of accuracy.

I didn't change it, so not sure what's happened, but in any case I
think the procedure is way too prone to error.

If, according to Richard, we must not only put *in* the years where
changes are made, but to take *out* the years which no longer have
relevance (because changes at that year have been deleted afterwards),
that means that, in order to maintain copyright accuracy, every change
should require making sure that all previous years are still correct.
For example, changing a few lines could bring the change level of a
previous year below the 10-15 lines threshold...

And the funny thing is, either we do that every time we edit a file,
or we do a full sweep again for the next release. No automation
possible, and the amount of work done now does not diminish (much) the
amount of work for subsequent releases (I say "much" because obviously
untouched files don't have to be checked again, but... what percentage
of files doesn't change between far-and-between Emacs releases?).

IANAL and so don't fully understand the implications, but it sure
would be easier if previous copyright years wouldn't have to be
revised each and every time, just left alone.

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