Re: Trivial metapackage --> PD?

[Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>]

Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> writes:
> * Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>, 2015-05-26, 10:26:
>>--------------------------8<--------------------------
>>Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
>>
>>Files: *
>>Copyright: Not applicable
>>License: public-domain
>> The metapackage is too trivial to claim any copyright for it.
>>--------------------------8<--------------------------
>>
>> lintian warns me about "copyright-without-copyright-notice". Shall I
>> just make this one silent?
>
> The tag description says:
> If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be
> sure to mention "public domain" in the copyright file.

The copyright format [1] requires "public-domain" as tag. The version
with spaces is not specified.

> We should fix Lintian to recognize "public-domain", too.

The version with spaces is just wrong, according to the copyright format
description, and leads to space-in-std-shortname-in-dep5-copyright
instead.

Just submitted a bug [2]. Since it is one among ~350 other lintian bugs,
it will probably take some time to get fixed (if ever).

Best regards

Ole

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-short-name
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/786867