[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Comments regarding rust-dtoa_0.4.2-1_amd64.changes

[Josh Triplett]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 07:48:21AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Josh,
> 
> > If those notices aren't accurate, that's an upstream bug, not
> > something to be patched in Debian. Debian *can't* patch it; those
> > notices have to be preserved as-is. (Also, dtoa and itoa happen to
> > be written by the same author, which is how the copy-paste issue
> > happened.)
> 
> I have not asked you to patch it..
> 
> > > Of course, but the  still needs clarifying or remark in
> > > debian/copyright (not here in this thread).
> > 
> > What remark are you expecting there?
> 
> That there is a disparity/error and (implicitly) that it is an issue
> for upstream.
> 
> Right now, the situation is confusing for our users, our derivatives
> and the next ftp-master who reviews your package, potentially resulting
> in wasted duplicated research and bringing it up again. A small
> clarifification in debian/copyright would immediately fix this and
> (more importantly) make any potential larger problems stand out better.

I've filed the issue upstream at
https://github.com/dtolnay/dtoa/issues/12 . Given how rarely dtoa
changes, I expect that by the time it needs another upload (or at least
another upload that goes through NEW) this will likely be fixed.