[Hackage] #790: Make cabal check warn if copyright field doesn't have current year

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#790: Make cabal check warn if copyright field doesn't have current year
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.8.0.6
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                 |  
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Comment(by benmachine):

 Copyright fields can in general contain an arbitrary string (or
 frequently, no string at all) so I imagine it being tricky to parse a year
 out of it reliably unless we also standardised the format. Think about
 things like (c) 2006-9 John Smith, 2009-10 Martha Jones.
 Plus there are plenty of packages that aren't the original work of the
 uploader (e.g. forks, maintainerships, cabalizations, etc.), in which case
 it might be inappropriate to update the copyright field.

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