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

[Mateusz Łukasik <mati75@linuxmint.pl>]

On 15.02.2021 at 16:40 +0100, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> 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
I think now it's fixed. Lintian warnings for copyright are clean.

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