> * debian/copyright needs to be updated (some have 2017 copyright
holders)

Fixed now in
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-gnome/gnome-characters.git/commit/?id=7a5ba1b

> W: gnome-characters: appstream-metadata-in-legacy-location
> usr/share/appdata/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml

Slightly complicated. gnome-characters still uses autotools and the
source tarball embeds the appstream-xml.m4. Embedded macros override
system macros (that surprised me to realize that!). If the tarball is
generated with appstream-glib > 0.7.3, the metadata will be installed to
the modern location. So this can be fixed with a new upstream release.

Or we could do some hacks in debian/rules if you want this done sooner.

By the way, have you seen the Files-Excluded trick for debian/copyright
and uscan (mentioned briefly in the uscan manpage)? I think it makes
sense to exclude as many m4 files as possible but it's easier to wait
for a new release to do this to not need to rename the original tarball.

> * Opened question: should we have a lintian override for:
> W: gnome-characters: desktop-command-not-in-package
> usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Characters.desktop gapplication?

Could you ask the Debian GNOME team this question?

> Also, related to this, as the .desktop is Exec=gapplication <…>,
shouldn't the binary package dep on libglib2.0-bin?

It already does.

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