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Sourcegexiv2
Version0.16.0-1
Changed-ByJeremy Bícha
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 06 May 2026 08:56:39 -0400
Changelog
gexiv2 (0.16.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Charles ]
   * New upstream release (Closes: #1111202)
   * d/control:
     - Update dependencies.
     - Rely on gi-docgen for docs generation.
     - .so name bump
       + libgexiv2-2 -> libgexiv2-0.16-4
       + gir1.2-gexiv2-0.10 -> gir1.2-gexiv2-0.16
   * b/debian/libgexiv2-doc.install:
     - Doc build output destination changed.
   * d/watch: Update to version 5 and track latest releases.
   * Update symbols.
   * d/copyright: Remove superfluous file pattern.
   * d/tests: Update dependencies for new versioned library.
   * d/gir1.2-gexiv2-0.16.lintian-overrides: Dropped.
 .
   [ Jeremy Bícha ]
   * Run wrap-and-sort -at
   * Update Standards Version to 4.7.4
.dsc
Sectionintrospection
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listgir1.2-gexiv2-0.16 deb introspection optional arch=any
libgexiv2-0.16-4 deb libs optional arch=any
libgexiv2-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libgexiv2-doc deb doc optional arch=all profile=!nodoc profile:v1=!nodoc
python3-gexiv2 deb python optional arch=all
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gexiv2
Upstream-Name: gexiv2

Files: *
Copyright: 2009 Mike Gemuende <mike@gemuende.de>
           2010-2016 Software Freedom Conservancy Inc
           2012 Robert Park
           2015 Alan Pater <alan.pater@gmail.com>
           2015 Roman Lebedev <lebedev.ri@gmail.com>
           2016 Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@gnome.org>
           2016-2021 Jens Georg <mail@jensge.org>
           2016 Pablo Castellano <pablo@anche.no>
           2017-2018 Debarshi Ray <debarshir@gnome.org>
           2017 Jason Crain <jason@inspiresomeone.us>
           2018 Corentin Noël <corentin@elementary.io>
           2018 Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>
           2018-2020 Ting-Wei Lan <lantw@src.gnome.org>
           2018 Andre Klapper <a9016009@gmx.de>
           2019-2020 Chris Mayo <aklhfex@gmail.com>
           2019 Marty E. Plummer <hanetzer@startmail.com>
           2020 Csaba Toth <csaba.toth@telenordigital.com>
           2020 Thomas Doczkal <thomas@doczkal.eu>
           2020 Thomas Doczkal <thomas@doczkal.de>
           2020 Tom Schoonjans <Tom.Schoonjans@diamond.ac.uk>
           2021 postscript-dev <postscript-dev@outlook.com>
           2021 Jehan <jehan@girinstud.io>
           2021 Olav Vitters <olav@vitters.nl>
           2021 Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
           2021 Peter Kovář <peter.kovar@reflexion.tv>
License: GPL-2+

Files: test/python/gexiv2.py
Copyright: 2014 Alexandre Rossi <alexandre.rossi@gmail.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: test/python/test_metadata.py
Copyright: 2013 Robert Bruce Park <r@robru.ca>
License: GPL-3+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2016-2019 Jason Crain
           2010-2015 Luca Falavigna
           2010-2011 Devid Antonio Filoni
License: GPL-2+

License: GPL-2+
 This program 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 program 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.
 .
 On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License
 version 2 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

License: GPL-3+
 This program 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 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This program 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 program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

License: LGPL-2.1+
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
 by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This program 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License version 2.1 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1".

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 12 hours ago, started 12 hours ago, completed 12 hours ago.

Final Comment

Hi,

When you have a moment, review the notes for a few authors which might have
been missed from debian/copyright credits.

Thanks!

Public Notes

12 hours ago ● public

Missed Author Check

Command: dnq author-check -prepare
Exit code: 0

Author check: scanned 235 files.

NOT IN debian/copyright (4):

  GNOME Foundation
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/fonts.css:2
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/main.js:1
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/search.js:1
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/style.css:2

  John Hawthorn
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/fzy.js:1

  John Louis Del Rosario, Hank Gay, John Mastro, Brandon Bennett SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/solarized-dark.css:2
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/solarized-light.css:2

  Unknown authors
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/callback.LogHandler.html:2
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/class.Metadata.html:2
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/class.PreviewImage.html:2
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/class.PreviewProperties.html:2
    docs/gexiv2-0.16/classes_hierarchy.html:2
    ... and 153 more files

Result: ATTENTION REQUIRED — 4 authors not in debian/copyright

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