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Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ...

From	Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
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Subject	Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ...
Date	2026-05-13 13:10 +0200
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Hi.

I'm comparing the old copyright file from Osamu with yours
and found this:

-License: GPL-3.0+
+License: GPL-3+

I'm Cc:ing Osamu here as the maintainer of debmake.

I asked my LLM of choice and it told me some interesting things, which
of course I should take with a grain of salt but it makes sense to me:

 GPL-3+ is the canonical DEP-5 / Debian shortname. The + suffix is
 DEP-5's own convention for "or later." This is what the DEP-5 spec
 itself uses in its examples, and it directly corresponds to the file
 /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

 GPL-3.0+ comes from the SPDX identifier namespace. Ironically, it's
 not even the current SPDX form — SPDX deprecated GPL-3.0+ in favour of
 GPL-3.0-or-later. So GPL-3.0+ is an awkward middle ground: not the
 Debian native form, and not the current SPDX form either.

The question: Is there a reason why debmake -k does not use the short
form GPL-3+?

What is the preferred license checking/validator program for people
who use GPL-3+ in their d/copyright files?

Thanks.

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  Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ... Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-05-12 23:40 +0200
    Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ... Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> - 2026-05-13 07:00 +0200
      Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ... Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-05-13 13:10 +0200
    Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ... Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-05-13 15:30 +0200
    Bug#754710: hello: packaging improvements: DEP-5, multiarch, use Breaks, ... Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-05-14 11:40 +0200
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