Your message dated Sun, 26 Aug 2018 11:30:45 +0100 with message-id <1535279445.1137853.1486443264.54045...@webmail.messagingengine.com> and subject line Re: Bug#907274: lintian: global-files-wildcard-not-first-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright is too agressiv has caused the Debian Bug report #907274, regarding lintian: global-files-wildcard-not-first-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright is too agressive to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: lintian Version: 2.5.97 Severity: normal This tag wants the wildcard paragraph as first stanza in debian/copyright. I use(d) to start with the license stanzas, like Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Name: goobox Upstream-Contact: Paolo Bacchilega <[email protected]> Paolo Bacchilega <[email protected]> Paolo Bacchilega <[email protected]> Source: https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/goobox/ License: GPL-2+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify … License: GPL-2 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by … Files: * Copyright: 2004-2017 Paolo Bacchilega <[email protected]> License: GPL-2+ … As per my reading of the sepc this is perfectly valid, however, still flagged by lintian. So either the spec needs clarification (which I doubt) or the lintian check should be relaxed. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.17.10samd.01 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.31.1-4 ii bzip2 1.0.6-9 ii diffstat 1.61-1+b1 ii dpkg 1.19.0.5+b1 ii file 1:5.34-2 ii gettext 0.19.8.1-7 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.4 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.34 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.63-1 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.51-1 ii libclone-perl 0.39-1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.0.5 ii libemail-valid-perl 1.202-1 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.08-1 ii libipc-run-perl 20180523.0-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.416-1+b3 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-12 ii libperl5.24 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.24.1-3+deb9u4 ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1 ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2 ii liburi-perl 1.74-1 ii libxml-simple-perl 2.25-1 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.72+repack-1 ii man-db 2.8.4-2 ii patchutils 0.3.4-2 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.26.2-7 ii t1utils 1.41-2 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.3 Versions of packages lintian recommends: pn libperlio-gzip-perl <none> Versions of packages lintian suggests: pn binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.19.0.5 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.72-3+b2 pn libtext-template-perl <none> -- no debconf information -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann [email protected] Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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--- Begin Message ---Dear Helge, > > It would also mean your package is ipso facto different from others > > which — as a general rule — is not a great idea. > > I understand, but sometimes difference is also a good sign. Indeed, although I feel like we are trading software engineering clichés now that might be better suited to another venue… No matter, let us close this bug report as it is currently not actionable. Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` [email protected] / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
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