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Review: fingwit 1.0.8+ds-1

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Distributionunstable
DateThu, 16 Apr 2026 16:56:56 +0530
Sourcefingwit
Version1.0.8+ds-1
Changed-ByAryan Karamtoth
Architecturesource amd64
Changelog
fingwit (1.0.8+ds-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial release. (Closes: #1134146)
.dsc
Package-Listfingwit deb misc optional arch=any
libpam-fingwit deb misc optional arch=any
Sectionmisc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://github.com/xapp-project/fingwit
Upstream-Name: fingwit
Upstream-Contact: Linux Mint <root@linuxmint.com>

Files:
 *
Copyright:
 2021-2026 Linux Mint <root@linuxmint.com>t:
License: GPL-3

Files:
 po/*
Copyright:
 2021-2026 Rosetta Contributors and Canonical Ltd
License: GPL-3 

Files:
 debian/*
Copyright:
 2021-2026 Linux Mint <root@linuxmint.com>
 2026 Aryan Karamtoth <spaciouscoder78@disroot.org>
License: GPL-3


License: GPL-3
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".

Review Information

rejected — allocated to siretart 3 days ago, started 3 days ago, completed 3 days ago.

Final Comment

Thanks for your diligence while working on this package. I've had a
look through the source, and while it's mostly there, I have to reject
it for now because of a few issues in the copyright and control files.

The Files: * stanza in debian/copyright contains a typo at the end
of the Copyright field: 2021-2026 Linux Mint <root@linuxmint.com>t:. Also, the full license text provided for
GPL-3 is actually the boilerplate for GPL-2 or later. Since the
package is claimed as GPL-3 and the LICENSE file is GPL-3, you should
use the correct GPL-3 boilerplate or simply refer to the common license
file.

Furthermore, the Source stanza in debian/control is missing the
Priority field (it should be optional), and the Section should
probably be admin or utils instead of misc. Finally, there is a
trailing space in the po/* stanza of debian/copyright, and the
description for libpam-fingwit has inconsistent indentation for its
bullet points.

-rt

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1.0.8+ds-1 43274586… 2026-05-05 10:13 2026-05-05 12:28 siretart accepted VIEW

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