Bug#906284: Too many false positives?
Hi,
in my previous mail, I asked if that test was worth anything.
It's possible to know what packages trigger the test:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/incomplete-creative-commons-license.html
I had a look from the start of the list (took the 20 first), and found
only 4 where I would say it's a real positive:
https://sources.debian.org/src/3depict/0.0.19-1/debian/copyright/ (lines
9-20)
https://sources.debian.org/src/astromenace-data/1.3.2+repack-3/debian/copyright/
(lines 34-43)
https://sources.debian.org/src/audacity/2.2.2-1/debian/copyright/
(lines 2146-2149).
https://sources.debian.org/src/bibletime/2.11.1-1/debian/copyright/
(lines 45-59)
I have a bad opinion on a test with so many false positives : that means
people will learn to ignore it and even the few problems it catches will
get overlooked!
Perhaps just looking at the size of the license text (say < 20 lines)
would work better? I don't know perl at all, so I can't help write it,
but I would be quite surprised if that wasn't easy to do for someone
with a minimal knowledge of the language and the codebase.
I hope it helps,
jpuydt on irc.debian.org
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