Can we have gnulib-tool.py emit the same copyright header?

[Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>]

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When creating a Makefile for example, the diff between gnulib-tool and
gnulib-tool.py is:

diff --git a/lib/gnulib.mk.in b/lib/gnulib.mk.in
index a718c17c0e8..15d15970051 100644
--- a/lib/gnulib.mk.in
+++ b/lib/gnulib.mk.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## DO NOT EDIT! GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY!
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

The gnulib-tool.py one only does a single year instead of the range.

This diff is copied from the attached patch:

diff --git a/pygnulib/GLInfo.py b/pygnulib/GLInfo.py
index 808f11b06f..1759368268 100644
--- a/pygnulib/GLInfo.py
+++ b/pygnulib/GLInfo.py
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ class GLInfo(object):
         '''Return formatted string which contains copyright.
         The special __copyright__ variable is used (type is str).'''
         copyright = __copyright__
-        # Per the GNU Coding Standards, show only the last year.
-        copyright = re.compile('^[0-9]*-').sub('', copyright)
         result = 'Copyright (C) %s' % copyright
         return result

The GNU Maintainer guide seems to disagree with this comment (assuming
that gnulib-tool.py is not a separate package) [1]. Am I missing
something or can we make this change?

[1] https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Notices

Thanks,
Collin

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From 202d152d8a0a6fa3875c44ff5cd38bdd4b0d485d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:30:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] gnulib-tool.py: Emit copyright notices as a year range.

* pygnulib/GLInfo.py (GLInfo.copyright): Fix copyright string. Remove
comment to reflect change.
---
 ChangeLog          | 6 ++++++
 pygnulib/GLInfo.py | 2 --
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index af3af3707e..84f5bcee88 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2024-02-27  Collin Funk  <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
+
+	gnulib-tool.py: Emit copyright notices as a year range.
+	* pygnulib/GLInfo.py (GLInfo.copyright): Fix copyright string. Remove
+	comment to reflect change.
+
 2024-02-27  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	isnan: Fix compilation error in C++ mode on OpenBSD 7.5-beta.
diff --git a/pygnulib/GLInfo.py b/pygnulib/GLInfo.py
index 808f11b06f..1759368268 100644
--- a/pygnulib/GLInfo.py
+++ b/pygnulib/GLInfo.py
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ class GLInfo(object):
         '''Return formatted string which contains copyright.
         The special __copyright__ variable is used (type is str).'''
         copyright = __copyright__
-        # Per the GNU Coding Standards, show only the last year.
-        copyright = re.compile('^[0-9]*-').sub('', copyright)
         result = 'Copyright (C) %s' % copyright
         return result
 
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