Remove REUSE workarounds (UTF16 and CR) #25

BaumiCoder commented 2025年10月04日 10:46:43 +02:00

Task description

1. Update the REUSE version in both hooks of .pre-commit-config.yaml (if new version is not a 5.1.x)
2. Remove the .license files for the UTF16 encoded files and files with CR line-endings.
3. Check that reuse lint still passes
4. Give feedback in the issues

reason

The license headers in these files should now be detected by the REUSE tool with version >5.1.1.

Automation (CI/CD)

No automation necessary as it is a one time thing.

Resources

• UTF16 issue
• CR issue
• Pull request with the fix
• REUSE tool releasese

### Task description 1. Update the REUSE version in both hooks of `.pre-commit-config.yaml` (if new version is not a 5.1.x) 2. Remove the `.license` files for the UTF16 encoded files and files with CR line-endings. 2. Check that `reuse lint` still passes 3. Give feedback in the issues ### reason The license headers in these files should now be detected by the REUSE tool with version >5.1.1. ### Automation (CI/CD) No automation necessary as it is a one time thing. ### Resources - [UTF16 issue](https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/issues/1218) - [CR issue](https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/issues/1226) - [Pull request with the fix](https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/pull/1235) - [REUSE tool releasese](https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/releases)

BaumiCoder commented 2025年10月06日 17:57:27 +02:00

New major version v6 was released today. Before removing the .license files, it should be checked if the new version has issues with the project due to the breaking changes in the tool.

New major version [v6](https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool/releases/tag/v6.0.0) was released today. Before removing the `.license` files, it should be checked if the new version has issues with the project due to the breaking changes in the tool.