On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:32:50 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > Sure. I thought that the pbuilder had a base install then it (pdebuild) > > > grabbed from the mirrors everything in the build-deps, which would have > > > included a recent version of debhelper. > > It does, but it needs an updated list of packages first :) > Sure. I would have expected it to blow up if it was using a stale cache > list, much like the 404 errors when you haven't run "aptitude update" in > a while. I digress. It's indeed a bit surprising ... > In the META.yml file there is a license entry, the software is under a > DFSG compliant license: > license: perl > But only has the author directive: > author: > - 'Matt Lawrence E<lt>mattlaw@cpan.orgE<gt>' Yup. > Are license statements "invalid" if there is no copyright holder? There are different opinions on that issue. The ftp-masters are strict, and I also see the point that a license alone is useless if we don't know who has the right to releases something under this license. For some details see Jonathan's writeup at http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/copyright.html#missing_information > or is it necessary to get complete copyright info due to the format > specification? ie. > http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?op=file&rev=135 No, the new format is orthogonal to the contents of the d/copyright file. > Irrespective, I have emailed mattlaw and requested a copyright > statement. Thanks! Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Dire Straits: Telegraph Road
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