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

[Sandro Mani]

Hi Jonas

On 24.02.20 11:58, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 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.
Thanks, that explains the one test failure I'm seeing.
>
> 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 just need a short-term solution to get licensecheck working again 
(currently it is completely broken). If there are better solutions, I'm 
happy to go for whatever works!
>
> 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.

Thanks, unfortunately my perl knowledge is pretty much zero, so sorry 
for not being able to help more.

Sandro