Bug#1042082: Please take over udev SysV init script

[Luca Boccassi]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 at 15:37, Matthew Vernon <matthew at debian.org> wrote:
>
> On 26/07/2023 15:16, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:24:09 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
> > wrote:
> >> Package: orphan-sysvinit-scripts
> >> Severity: normal
> >> X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-systemd-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> in one of the upcoming releases of udev, the legacy SysV init script
> >> will be dropped.
> >>
> >> Please take over the file as you see fit.
> >
> > You can find a copy of the script at this stable link:
> >
> > https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/blob/6e720b91dd837b71dd81c1d959b21f1b0a48ae29/debian/udev.init
>
> Thanks. Are you able to clarify the copyright status of that file,
> please? The debian/* section in debian/copyright is 51 lines long, and I
> doubt all of those people should be considered copyright holders in the
> init script?

According to git log, these are the authors who touched the file,
arranged per year:

2020 Topi Miettinen <toiwoton at gmail.com>
2019 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
2018 Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org>
2018 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
2017 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
2015 Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com>
2015 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
2014 Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com>
2014 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
2013 Michael Stapelberg <michael at stapelberg.de>
2013 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>