Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi Sandro,

Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 10:12:50)
> Since I need to update the package in Fedora (it is currently broken), 
> I've prepared the patch below to remove the dependency. Can you 
> perhaps confirm that it does not fundamentally break licensecheck in 
> some way?
>  From my tests, it appears to work.

Uhm, it won't _fundamentally_ break, but it will find multiple related 
licenses where only one exist - e.g. detect fulltext of AGPL as either 
AGPL or GPL because it mentions GPL.

If you do choose to carry this patch, then I kindly request that you 
document clearly that you are effectively distributing a fork of the 
code, so that your users do not get the false impression that the 
quality of your licensecheck is on par with that of licensecheck 
released by me.

I _do_ intend to fix this issue, just haven't gotten around to it yet, 
and a proper fix involved _replacing_ Array::IntSpan, not simply 
stripping it.


Kind regards, and thanks for caring about this,

 - Jonas

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