Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2023-01-16 Thread Soren Stoutner
I created a new bug report to discuss this issue as the root cause ends up being different than what was originally reported here. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029055[1] -- Soren Stoutner so...@stoutner.com [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=10

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2023-01-16 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Soren, Soren Stoutner wrote: > On Sunday, January 15, 2023 5:17:10 PM MST Axel Beckert wrote: > > > Debian, of course, prefers the Expat name as it is more precise. > > > > According to > > https://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat#Differences_between_DEP5_a > > nd_SPDX SPDX does not h

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2023-01-16 Thread Soren Stoutner
On Sunday, January 15, 2023 5:17:10 PM MST Axel Beckert wrote: > > Debian, of course, prefers the Expat name as it is more precise. > > According to > https://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat#Differences_between_DEP5_a > nd_SPDX SPDX does not have the Expat license. They do have though th

Processed: Re: Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2023-01-15 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 + confirmed pending Bug #1002053 [lintian] lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+) Added tag(s) pending and confirmed. -- 1002053: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002053 Debian Bug Tracking Sys

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2023-01-15 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: tag -1 + confirmed pending Hi Nicholas and Soren, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Gpl-2+ (used in d/copyright) is equivalent to gpl-2.0+ used in > appstream metadata, so this is a false positive. Correct, as https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-short-na

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2022-04-21 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi Chris, "Chris Lamb" writes: > Hi Nicholas, > >> Gentle ping :-) > > Thanks for the gentle/direct ping. Unfortunately, however, I am no > longer a Lintian developer, so I won't be able to address this bug for > you. Hope you can get it fixed, though. :) > Thanks for the quick reply, and great

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2022-04-21 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Nicholas, > Gentle ping :-) Thanks for the gentle/direct ping. Unfortunately, however, I am no longer a Lintian developer, so I won't be able to address this bug for you. Hope you can get it fixed, though. :) Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@de

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2022-04-12 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Gentle ping :-) Regards, Nicholas signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#1002053: lintian: false positive inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license (gpl-2.0+ != gpl-2+)

2021-12-20 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Package: lintian Version: 2.114.0 Severity: normal Hi, Gpl-2+ (used in d/copyright) is equivalent to gpl-2.0+ used in appstream metadata, so this is a false positive. Were GNU to hypothetically release a GPL 2.1, and were upstream to switch to it, the onus would be on the Debian maintainer to up