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Bug#645696: lintian: missing-license-text-in-dep5-copyright is too strict when considering "X+" licenses



merge 649530 645696
thanks

On 01/01/13 20:33, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi Ximin,
> 
> Jakub Wilk wrote:
>> * Ximin Luo <infinity0@gmx.com>, 2011-10-17, 22:35:
> 
>>> Currently the tag "missing-license-text-in-dep5-copyright" is emitted when
>>> the copyright file looks like this:
>>>
>>> ----
>>> Files: *
>>> Copyright: yyyy-yyyy etc
>>> License: MPL-1.1 or GPL-2+ or LGPL-2.1+
>>>
>>> License: MPL-1.1
>>> etc
>>>
>>> License: GPL-2
>>> etc
>>>
>>> License: LGPL-2.1
>>> etc
> [...]
>> I can't see anything in the DEP-5 specification that'd support your
>> interpretation. However, if you still feel that this was the intended
>> meaning, please file a bug against debian-policy asking for clarification.
> 
> Given the current copyright-format spec, this lintian behavior is
> correct.  Would you mind if I merge this with bug#649530 or close it?
> 

Hi, agreed, I'll merge.

> Thanks,
> Jonathan


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