Re: Requesting package review for libti*, tilp, gfm
On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 06:19:50AM +0000, Bart Martens wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 02:29:20PM -0400, Albert Huang wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 11:36:50AM -0400, Albert Huang wrote:
> > > > *Mentor page:* https://mentors.debian.net/package/libticables
>
> I had a look at libticables uploaded to mentors on 2012-08-05 10:02. Detailed
> information on how the repackaged source was obtained, and on how this can be
> reproduced should be provided in debian/copyright.
>
> > > > *Mentor page:* https://mentors.debian.net/package/libticonv
>
> I had a look at libticonv uploaded to mentors on 2012-08-05 10:02.
>
> The change from libticonv3 to libticonv6 would break the packages currently
> depending on libticonv3.
>
> The file debian/copyright is incomplete. There are other copyright holders
> than only Romain LIEVIN and also other years than 2007.
>
> I read in the file README "A special exception applies when linking the library
> into TilEm, see the COPYING file for details." but I don't find such exception
> in the COPYING file (it's identical to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2) nor in
> debian/copyright. Please ask upstream for clarification.
Actually, I suggest to first fix bug 686635 in libticonv in wheezy.
Regards,
Bart Martens
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