On Thu, 2025-07-10 at 17:26 +0100, Phil Wyett wrote: > Control: tags -1 +confirmed > > Peter, > > Review of upload: 2025-07-10 13:42 > > For information about the tests run, see: > > https://wiki.debian.org/PhilWyett/DebianMentoring > > Note: If test line removed, it indicates a test pass. > > Test 4 (sbuild): Information only > > Lintian: > > Running lintian... > N: > P: xfce4: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license usr/share/common-licenses/GPL > N: > N: The copyright file refers to the versionless symlink in > N: /usr/share/common-licenses for the full text of the GPL, LGPL, or GFDL > N: license. This symlink is updated to point to the latest version of the > N: license when a new one is released. The package appears to allow > N: relicensing under later versions of its license, so this is legally > N: consistent, but it implies that Debian will relicense the package under > N: later versions of those licenses as they're released. It is normally > N: better to point to the version of the license the package references in > N: its license statement. > N: > N: For example, if the package says something like "you may redistribute it > N: and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as > N: published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your > N: option) any later version", the debian/copyright file should refer to > N: /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2, not /GPL. > N: > N: For packages released under the same terms as Perl, Perl references the > N: GPL version 1, so point to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-1. > N: > N: Visibility: pedantic > N: Show-Always: no > N: Check: debian/copyright > N: > N: > P: xfce4 source: no-dep5-copyright [debian/copyright] > N: > N: This package does not use a machine-readable debian/copyright file. > N: > N: This format makes it easier to review licenses and can be easily parsed > by > N: Lintian. > N: > N: Please refer to > N: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ for > N: details. > N: > N: Visibility: pedantic > N: Show-Always: no > N: Check: debian/copyright/dep5 > N: > > I: Lintian run was successful. > > Test 7 (licenserecon): Information only > > Not DEP-5 > > Summary > ======= > > Tagged as 'confirmed' after seeing -devel list discussion. > > The next upload of this package really needs to fix the 'debian/copyright' > file. >
Apologies, I saw the discussion on the -bugs-dist list. :-) -- Regards Phil -- Donate to this Free/OSS and Debian contributor. https://buymeacoffee.com/kathenasorg -- GPG Fingerprint: 70A0 AC45 AC77 9EFE 84F6 3AED 724A A9B5 2F02 4C8B
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