[Pkg-gnome-extras-maintainers] Debian NEW review of libgedit-gtksourceview 299.7.1-1: ACCEPTED

[awm at debian.org]

This is an automated message from the Debian DFSG, Licensing & New
Packages Team.

The Debian NEW review of libgedit-gtksourceview 299.7.1-1 has been completed.

Decision: ACCEPTED
Reviewer: Andrew McMillan

Review comment:

Hi,

One minor issue...

Catch-all `Files: *` attributes a few files to the principal author although their notices name
 other holders

 - Files: debian/copyright, `Files: *` stanza (line ~11)
 - Evidence: e.g. `po/es.po` header: 'Jorge González <jorgegonz at svn.gnome.org>, 2007-2011' plus 'THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER'; `po/nl.po` lists 'Jan-Willem Harmanny', 'Tino Meinen' et al.; `data/language-specs/default-language-specs/cmake.lang`, `m4.lang`, `t2t.lang`, `cuda.lang` carry 'Copyright (C) 2008 Yevgen Muntyan' and have no own stanza.
 - Problem: The stanzas cover most files precisely (every .lang except about a dozen, most po files, all core sources), but these translations and language specs fall back to `Files: *` and are therefore recorded as '2012-2025, Sébastien Wilmet', which is not the holder those files' notices name. The stated licence (LGPL-2.1+) is correct for all of them, so this is an attribution nit only - the standard GNOME 'catch-all for the principal author' pattern - not a DFSG or licensing-accuracy blocker.
 - Fix: Optional polish: add small stanzas (or a Comment) for the handful of Yevgen Muntyan headed .lang files and for the po files still naming translator/FSF holders, or relax the catch-all Copyright to something like 'Sébastien Wilmet and contributors'.

Full review details: https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/libgedit-gtksourceview