Bug#795188: missing debian/copyright

2018-02-19 Thread Stuart Prescott
On Tuesday, 11 August 2015 22:12:46 AEDT you wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, Ari Pollak wrote: > > It is not sufficient to create such a copyright file while > > building the binary package. > > > > Since when? The part of policy you quoted says the copyright file > > should be in

Bug#795188: missing debian/copyright

2015-08-11 Thread Thorsten Alteholz
Package: pidgin Version: 2.10.11-1 Severity: serious User: alteh...@debian.org Usertags: no-debian-copyright X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org thanks Dear Maintainer, there seems to be no file debian/copyright in your package. According to Debian policy 12.5 [1]: A copy of the

Bug#795188: missing debian/copyright

2015-08-11 Thread Ari Pollak
It is not sufficient to create such a copyright file while building the binary package. Since when? The part of policy you quoted says the copyright file *should* be in debian/copyright, not *must*.

Bug#795188: missing debian/copyright

2015-08-11 Thread Ari Pollak
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities serious is a severe violation of Debian policy (roughly, it violates a must or required directive), or, in the package maintainer's or release manager's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for release. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#795188: missing debian/copyright

2015-08-11 Thread Thorsten Alteholz
On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, Ari Pollak wrote: It is not sufficient to create such a copyright file while building the binary package. Since when? The part of policy you quoted says the copyright file should be in debian/copyright, not must.  Sorry, but I don't know the exact history