Bug#980261: RFS: jgmenu/4.3.0-1 [RFP] -- Simple X11 menu

[Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>]

Hi,

在 2021-02-14星期日的 12:09 +0100，Mateusz Łukasik写道：
> On 26.01.2021 at 23:25 +0100, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> > X-Debbugs-CC: mati75@linuxmint.pl jgm323@gmail.com
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:38:16 +0100 =?UTF-8?Q?Mateusz_=c5=81ukasik?=
> > <mati75@linuxmint.pl> wrote:
> > > Package: sponsorship-requests
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > 
> > > Dear mentors,
> > > 
> > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "jgmenu":
> > > 
> > >     * Package name    : jgmenu
> > >       Version         : 4.3.0-1
> > >       Upstream Author : Johan Malm <jgm323@gmail.com>
> > >     * URL             : https://jgmenu.github.io/
> > >     * License         : LGPL-2+, GPL-2+, Expat, LGPL-3+
> > >     * Vcs             : https://github.com/mati75/jgmenu
> > >       Section         : x11
> > > 
> > > It builds those binary packages:
> > > 
> > >      jgmenu-xfce4-panel-applet - xfce4-panel applet for jgmenu
> > >      jgmenu - Simple X11 menu
> > > 
> > > To access further information about this package, please visit
> > > the
> > following URL:
> > >      https://mentors.debian.net/package/jgmenu/
> > > 
> > > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this
> > command:
> > >      dget -x
> > https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/j/jgmenu/jgmenu_4.3.0-1.dsc
> > > Changes for the initial release:
> > > 
> > >     jgmenu (4.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
> > >     .
> > >       * Initial release. (Closes: #882210)
> > 
> > One major problem: debian/copyright in your work says that the
> > whole
> > project is licensed under GPL-2+, however the LICENSE file from
> > upstream only gives GPLv2 license text. The README file also does
> > not
> > mention that the whole project is licensed under GPLv2 **or
> > later**.
> > 
> > Could you please contact upstream to clarify the case? The best
> > output
> > would be adding a "the whole project is licensed under GPLv2 or
> > later"
> > sentense in the README file, which would make things clear to
> > everyone.
> > 
> > P.S. I took a look at upstream's debian/copyright file at
> > https://github.com/johanmalm/jgmenu/blob/master/debian/copyright ;,
> > in
> > which the upstream only mentioned GPL-2, not GPL-2+. If upstream is
> > only willing to release the whole project under GPL-2-only, using
> > GPL-
> > 2+ is wrong and must be fixed.
> > 
> Fixed in new version uploaded to mentors.


Looking at https://mentors.debian.net/package/jgmenu/ , there are
several lintian warnings. This indicates that the grammar of your
debian/copyright file is not correct. Please fix these problems.


W: jgmenu source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright expat
(line 20)
W: jgmenu source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright gpl-2
(line 15)
W: jgmenu source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright gpl-2+
(line 63)


Hint: you either need to paste all license texts under each License:
field, or you use "License:xxx" placeholder in each section and provide
a separate "License: xxx" plus full license text that does not attach
with any "file section" at the bottom of the debian/copyright file.
Please read
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
again (especially section 5.2.1) for the correct way of fixing these
lintian warnings.

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang