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--- Begin Message ---Package: backintime Version: 1.3.3-4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, this is upstream maintainer also preparing for debian(!) packaging the upcoming release. There is a file "debian/backintime-common.lintian-overrides/" [1] contain this two lines # Necessary for the license to show up in Help->About extra-license-file [usr/share/doc/backintime-common/LICENSE] I see no need to override a lintian rule. If there is a rule I'll try to follow it. I couldn't find a changelog entry explaining that exception. But I can see in the upstream source that there are two license files installed. ll /usr/share/doc/backintime-*/LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 28. Jul 12:22 /usr/share/doc/backintime- common/LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 28. Jul 12:23 /usr/share/doc/backintime-qt/LICENSE Please give advice where the LICENSE usually should be located. Couldn't find an answer to that in DPT Policy [2]. But in [3] (section 30.4.13) it seems that /usr/share/doc/package-name is the correct location. So why do we need an lintian override? I checked "lintian-explain-tags -t extra-license-file" which tells me everything should go into debian/copyright file. We do have one, no matter that it is outdated. I can find better solutions at upstream to display license text. But I'm not sure how to proceed further. [1] -- <https://sources.debian.org/src/backintime/1.3.3-4/debian/backintime- common.lintian-overrides/> [2] -- <https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/>
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--- Begin Message ---Hi, On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:35:55AM +0000, Christian Buhtz wrote: > There is a file "debian/backintime-common.lintian-overrides/" [1] contain this > two lines > > # Necessary for the license to show up in Help->About > extra-license-file [usr/share/doc/backintime-common/LICENSE] > > I see no need to override a lintian rule. If there is a rule I'll try to > follow > it. > I couldn't find a changelog entry explaining that exception. Upstream needn't be concerned with this. The lintian warning is because a full copy of the GPL is shipped with the package and put in this location to show when a user clicks Help/About on the menu. The override is to tell lintian that this is OK and expected. -- Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51 ed25519/0x196418AAEB74C8A1: CA619D65A72A7BADFC96D280196418AAEB74C8A1
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