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Bug#1092597: RFS: findent/4.3.4-1 -- indents/converts Fortran sources

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Hi Jeroen,

thanks for the comprehensive analysis of findent.

I think I was able to implement all of your comments,
if not, let me know, no problem at all.

I uploaded a new version of findent: findent-4.3.5 :

https://mentors.debian.net/package/findent/
  
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/findent/findent_4.3.5-1.dsc

and I will remove the moreinfo tag, cc-ing you.

Regards,

Willem

On 1/30/25 12:32, Jeroen Ploemen wrote:
> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> 
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 16:02:34 +0100
> Willem Vermin <wvermin@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am looking for a sponsor for my package findent:
> 
> hi Willem,
> 
> as noted by Phil, the package seems to build and pass the usual test
> just fine. Some other stuff came up during review though:
> 
> * changelog: there are changes in d/copyright without mention in
>    the Debian changelog. Please document all packaging changes.
> 
> * copyright: version mix-up in the new paragraph for the builtparser
>    files: "On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public
>    License version 2 can be found in the file [...]/GPL-3".
> 
> * copyright: the paragraph for vim/findent.vim and vim/fortran.vim
>    defines the license for these files as 'Fair'. Details of that
>    license don't seem to be present anywhere in the upstream sources,
>    but exist only in d/copyright:
> 
>    > Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is
>    > retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works
>    > is notified of this instrument.
>    > DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.
>    
>    I realise you are both upstream developer and Debian maintainer for
>    this package, but those are two separate roles. If you wish to
>    license files in a certain way, you want to wear your upstream hat
>    and ensure the terms are part of the upstream source release.
> 
>    The license text, as quoted above, only grants permission for
>    'usage', but not modification or distribution, and requires users
>    are to be 'notified of this instrument' whatever that is supposed
>    to entail. Those terms likely fall short of the requirements set in
>    the DFSG [1].
> 
>    Is there any benefit or purpose to having these specific files under
>    a custom license versus the standard 3-clause BSD that applies to
>    most of the source code?
> 
> 
> [1]https://wiki.debian.org/DebianFreeSoftwareGuidelines
> 
> Please remove the moreinfo tag (and CC me) once you have an updated
> package ready.

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Bug#1092597: RFS: findent/4.3.4-1 -- indents/converts Fortran sources Jeroen Ploemen <jcfp@debian.org> - 2025-01-30 12:40 +0100
  Bug#1092597: RFS: findent/4.3.4-1 -- indents/converts Fortran sources Willem Vermin <wvermin@gmail.com> - 2025-02-03 15:40 +0100
    Bug#1092597: RFS: findent/4.3.4-1 -- indents/converts Fortran sources Jeroen Ploemen <jcfp@debian.org> - 2025-02-04 16:10 +0100

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