On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 10:15:18AM +0000, Suman wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.115.2 > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-Cc: suman@protonmail.com > > Dear Maintainer, > inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license , tag gives the below description: > The specified AppStream metadata file specifies a metadata_license field > but this does not match the files in debian/copyright. > > While reading the above, I didnt get the point that upstream metadata > lincese should be added to debiab/copyright too. > > It would have been good if something like the following was included: > > "The upstream metadata_license should be represented in debian/copyright" Is that necessarily the case? The way I read the tag description, it just says there is an inconsistency. It may also be that debian/copyright is correct and metadata_license is incorrect (e.g. because the upstream license changed but AppStream metadata was not updated). Jelmer
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