[Catalog-sig] trove - LGPL v3 not recognised?

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 08:44:00AM +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> > In pypi, we currently have the following license classifiers:
> >  
> > License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
> > License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
> > 
> > These are different than the originally proposed classifier above in two
> > ways -- lack of version specification and the use of the common short form.
> > Common short form is easy to add (as I did in my examples above).
> 
> What's the "common short form"? If it's the abbreviation (i.e. "GPL"),
> they already have it, no?
> 
I was referring to Robert Collins's proposed::

  License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3

Instead, I proposed it include the short form like the current GPL licenses:

  License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)

> > But that doesnt mean that the current classifiers should go away.
> 
> Most certainly not. Once a classifier has been added, it can *never* go
> away. That's why I ask people really think carefully whether they
> really need a classifier, in exactly that spelling, before it's added.
> 
<nod>  Fully understood.  I wanted to be explicit about the pros and cons of
each strategy (and agree that keeping classifiers forever seems better).

-Toshio
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