On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:19:44 -0200, Martín Ferrari wrote: > I backported the fixes done to libfile-spec-perl to mime-tools, but > I'm having an error on upgrade that I've never seen before and I don't > know how to fix it: Hm, if I compare http://wiki.debian.org/Renaming_a_Package and trunk/mime-tools/debian/control I see a difference: the Replaces is not versioned and probably should be ... > Also, I found that the package has some serious licensing problems, > that I'm sure won't let it pass NEW today: Ouch. > in /lib/MIME/Decoder/UU.pm: > > "UU-decoding code lifted from "uuexplode", a Perl script by an unknown > author..." Hm ... > These files have no copyright nor license: > ./t/Globby.pm > ./lib/MIME/Field/ParamVal.pm > ./lib/MIME/Parser/Reader.pm > > These files have author but not license: > ./lib/MIME/Field/ContType.pm > ./lib/MIME/Field/ConTraEnc.pm > ./lib/MIME/Field/ContDisp.pm > ./lib/MIME/WordDecoder.pm They seem to be by the same author so I guess assuming they have the same license as the whole module might be safe. > And finally, there are many acknowledgements in ./lib/MIME/Tools.pm > that I don't know if we should include in debian/copyright. I think that's a matter of tase ... Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : debian: the universal operating system - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Joan Baez: Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Sumer
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