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Re: RFS to solve bug#999962 (silversearcher-ag: depends on obsolete pcre3 library)



Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org> writes:

> Manphiz <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Manphiz <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Manphiz <manphiz@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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