Nicholas D Steeves <s...@debian.org> writes: > Manphiz <manp...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Manphiz <manp...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Manphiz <manp...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>> Added a note on the bug[1] mentioning an MR with cherrypicked/adapted a >>> patch set from upstream branch/fork that adds pcre2 support. Hopefully >>> an NMU can be considered. >>> >> >> Seems I forgot about the link :P >> >> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=999962#23 > > Wow, that was fast! To be honest, I'd appreciate a second opinion about > if that meets the criteria for an NMU. To do this in the fastest way > possible probably means consulting the general mentor & sponsor pool by > filing an RFS. > > https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/ >
Thanks for the pointer! Will take a look on the steps on filing a RFS bug. > Did you check if enable_pcre2_support.patch looks like it might have > some new copyright statements that are not yet covered in > debian/copyright? Please note that I didn't check, but your sponsor > will expect that you have checked, and it would be best to check before > filing an RFS > This patch is merged from a patch set from a fork[1] of the upstream. On the surface it doesn't look like it has a different copyright notice so it should be of the same Apache 2.0 license. Still it may be better for a license expert to take another look. [1] https://github.com/aswild/the_silver_searcher -- Manphiz
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