Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

[Jim Meyering]

Joel E. Denny wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Eric Blake wrote:
...
>> According to Akim Demaille on 8/13/2009 1:59 AM:
>> >> -   Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
>> >> -   Foundation, Inc.
>> >> +   Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
>> >> Foundation, Inc.
>> >
>> > While at it, why not standardize everything to 4 digits (I don't think
>> > we need to address the Y10k issues yet :), and to introduce intervals
>> > where applicable?  Is there some legal thingy that forbids it?  It might
>> > help making some lines smaller.
>>
>> Yes - see this post:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2009-08/msg00184.html
>>
>> I'm not personally opposed to compressed years, but if you want the tool
>> to output compressed years instead of longhand, it should be an option
>> (and more importantly, we should also fix the tool to allow longhand years
>> for maintainers that want longhand).
>
> Below are some patches to implement that.
...
> +2009-08-14  Joel E. Denny  <address@hidden>
> +
> +     update-copyright: convert 2-digit to 4-digit years
> +     * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document.
> +     * tests/test-update-copyright.sh: Update.
...
> +     update-copyright: much ado about intervals
> +     * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document
> +     UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS to control expansion and collapse
> +     of copyright year intervals.
> +     Also, document UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR.
> +     * tests/test-update-copyright.sh: Test it.

Thanks for all of that.
Pushed.