cvxopt_1.1.8+dfsg-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

Andreas Tille andreas at fam-tille.de
Fri Mar 10 21:39:08 UTC 2017


Hi Chris,

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 04:00:09PM +0000, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Sorry but I'm going to have to reject your package. Please update
> debian/copyright explaining the copyright (etc.) stuff that is mentioned in
> (for example) doc/source/copyright.rst:
> 
>  34 * **AMD** Version 2.4.1.  Copyright (c) 2009-2014 by Timothy A.  Davis,_
>  35   Patrick R.  Amestoy, and Iain S. Duff.__
>  36 
>  37 * **CHOLMOD** Version 3.0.6.  Copyright (c) 2005-2015 by the
>  38   University of Florida, Timothy A. Davis, and W. Hager.
>  39 
>  40 * **COLAMD** Version 2.9.1.  Copyright (c) 1998-2014 by Timothy A. Davis.
>  41 
>  42 * **UMFPACK** Version 5.7.1.  Copyright (c) 1995-2014 by Timothy A. Davis.
> 
> Even if these are "harmless", I feel like it needs clarification in
> debian/copyright for our users an downstream distributions (rather than in a
> private conversation here).

Since this file claims that SuiteSparse is included in the source code
which is not true for the Debian package I decided to simply remove the
lines you are quoting since they do not reflect the reality any more.

Hope this fits your intention.

Thanks for your work as ftpmaster

     Andreas.

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