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Review: harfbuzz 14.2.1+ds-1

Package Information

DescriptionOpenType text shaping engine (shared library)

HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine (aka layout engine) and the script-specific logic (aka shaping engine).

This package contains the shared libraries.

MaintainerDebian freedesktop.org maintainers <pkg-freedesktop-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed ByBastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Sponsorbage@debian.org
Distributionexperimental
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/freedesktop-team/harfbuzz.git (browse)
Closes#1131351, #1151016
Popcon Installs207032
Binary NEWYes (new binary packages of a source already in sid)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/harfbuzz
Uploaded4 days ago

New Package Report

.changes◂
DateTue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:32 +0100
Sourceharfbuzz
Version14.2.1+ds-1
Changed-ByBastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionexperimental
Changelog◂
harfbuzz (14.2.1+ds-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload
   * Team-maintain according to the Vcs fields
   * New upstream release (Closes: #1131351)
   * Move from freedesktop to GitHub
   * Exclude Ubuntu Font (Closes: #1151016)
   * Hide internal C++ template instantiation symbols
   * d/copyright: Add missing info, exclude more files
 .
   [ أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) ]
   * Add libharfbuzz-{vector,raster,gpu}0 binary packages
   * Update symbols
   * d/t/control: change pkg-config dep to pkgconf
   * d/control: add libpng-dev & zlib1g-dev to build-deps
   * d/control: bump standards version to 4.7.4
.dsc◂
Componentmain
Package-Listgir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 deb introspection optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-bin deb utils optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-cairo0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-doc deb doc optional arch=all
libharfbuzz-gobject0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-gpu0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-icu0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-raster0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-subset0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz-vector0 deb libs optional arch=any
libharfbuzz0-udeb udeb debian-installer optional arch=any
libharfbuzz0b deb libs optional arch=any
Sectionintrospection
Priorityoptional
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: HarfBuzz
Upstream-Contact: Behdad Esfahbod
Source: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
Files-Excluded:
 perf/texts
 test/subset/data/expected/glyph_names/*
 test/subset/data/fonts/Ubuntu-Regular.ttf
 xkcd.png
Comment:
 Exclude non-DFSG-free files.

Files: *
Copyright: 2018-2020, Adobe, Inc
           2005-2024, Behdad Esfahbod
           2007, Chris Wilson
           2011, Codethink Limited
           2005, David Turner
           1998-2004, David Turner and Werner Lemberg
           2015-2020, Ebrahim Byagowi
           2016, Elie Roux
           2019-2020, Facebook, Inc
           2010-2024, Google, Inc
           2016, Igalia S.L
           2009, Keith Stribley
           2018-2021, Khaled Hosny
           2011, Martin Hosken and SIL International
           2022, Matthias Clasen
           2012-2015, Mozilla Foundation
           2008-2010, Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies)
           1998-2023, Red Hat, Inc
           2013-2015, Alexei Podtelezhnikov
           2012 Zilong Tan <eric.zltan@gmail.com>
           2024 David Corbett
License: MIT

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2012-2019,2023,2025-2026, أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) <aelmahmoudy@users.sourceforge.net>
License: MIT

Files: src/ms-use/*
Copyright: (c) Microsoft Corporation.
License: Expat

Files: src/hb-cairo-utils.cc
Copyright: © 2022  Red Hat, Inc
 Copyright © 2021, 2022  Black Foundry
License: MIT

Files: util/hb-fc-list.c
Copyright: © 2002 Keith Packard
 Copyright © 2014  Google, Inc.
License: X11

Files: src/hb-unicode-emoji-table.hh
Copyright: 2024, Unicode®, Inc
License: Unicode
Comment: https://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html

Files: src/hb-ucd.cc
Copyright: 2012, Grigori Goronzy <greg@kinoho.net>
License: ISC

Files: test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/*
Copyright: 2016, Unicode Inc
License: Apache-2.0

Files: perf/fonts/Amiri-Regular.ttf
       perf/fonts/NotoNastaliqUrdu-Regular.ttf
       perf/fonts/NotoSansDuployan-Regular.otf
       test/api/fonts/*
       test/fuzzing/fonts/*
       test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/*
Copyright: 2002-2018, Adobe Systems Incorporated
           2017-2019, Amin Abedi (@aminabedi68)-www.fontamin.com
           2015, Cadson Demak <info@cadsondemak.com>
           2011-2020, Google Inc
           2016, Igalia S.L. (http://igalia.com/)
           2017, Jens Kutilek
           2010-2017, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny@eglug.org>
           2016, Sascha Brawer
           2010, Sebastian Kosch <sebastian@aldusleaf.org>
           2008, The Bungee Project Authors <david@djr.com>
           1993-2016, The Font Bureau, Inc
           2016, The M+ Project Authors
           2021, The Qahiri Project Authors (github.com/aliftype/qahiri)
           2016-2019, Unicode, Inc
License: OFL-1.1

Files: test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/*
Copyright: 2000-2016, Adobe Systems Incorporated
           2016, Alfredo Marco Pradil
           2018-2022, David Corbett
           2010-2022, Google, Inc
           2011-2012, Lohit Fonts Project contributors <https://pagure.io/lohit>
           2013-2020, Microsoft Corporation
           2018, SIL International (http://scripts.sil.org)
           2010-2021, The Amiri Project Authors (https://github.com/aliftype/amiri)
           2015-2021, The Mada Project Authors
           2021, The Qahiri Project Authors (github.com/aliftype/qahiri)
           2021, The Raqq Project Authors (github.com/aliftype/raqq)
           2018, Unicode, Inc
           2005, Zawgyi.net & Alpha Mandalay
License: OFL-1.1

Files: test/subset/data/*
Copyright: 2002-2018, Adobe Systems Incorporated (http://www.adobe.com/)
           2012, Andhrapradesh Society for Knowledge Networks (fonts.siliconandhra.org)
           2013, Danh Hong (khmertype.org)
           2007, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye <moyogo@gmail.com>
           2011-2012, George W. Nuss (http://www.fulbefouta.com)
           2010-2016, Google Inc
           2011, Hjort Nidudsson
           2019, Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (www.ikea.com)
           2010, NHN Corporation
           2011-2012, Sorkin Type Co (www.sorkintype.com)
           2013, The Alegreya Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/huertatipografica/Alegreya-Sans)
           2010-2020, The Amiri Project Authors (https://github.com/alif-type/amiri)
           2008, The Bungee Project Authors <david@djr.com>
           2007-2008, The C&MA Guinea Fulbe Team
           2011, The Comfortaa Project Authors (https://github.com/alexeiva/comfortaa)
           2020, The Fraunces Project Authors (github.com/undercasetype/Fraunces)
           2016, The M+ Project Authors
           2021, The M+ FONTS Project Authors (https://github.com/coz-m/MPLUS_FONTS)
           2019, The Noto Project Authors (github. com/googlei18n/noto-fonts)
           2017, The Roboto Flex Project Authors (https://github.com/TypeNetwork/Roboto-Flex)
           2004-2020, SIL International (http://www.sil.org)
           2017, The Spectral Project Authors (http://github.com/productiontype/spectral)
           2001-2021, The STIX Fonts Project Authors (https://github.com/stipub/stixfonts)
License: OFL-1.1

Files: test/shape/data/aots/*
Copyright: 2000-2016, Adobe Systems Incorporated
License: Apache-2.0

Files: perf/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
       test/api/fonts/nameID.origin.ttf
       test/api/fonts/nameID.override.expected.ttf
       test/api/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf
       test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/TestShapeKndaV3.ttf
       test/subset/data/fonts/Tinos-Italic.ttf
       test/subset/data/fonts/IndicTestHowrah-Regular.ttf
       test/subset/data/fonts/IndicTestJalandhar-Regular.ttf
       test/subset/data/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
       test/subset/data/fonts/Roboto-Variable.ttf
Copyright: 2010-2013, Google Corporation
License: Apache-2.0

Files: test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/e8691822f6a705e3e9fb48a0405c645b1a036590.ttf
Copyright: 2020, Fredrick R. Brennan
License: Apache-2.0

Files: test/subset/data/fonts/Khmer.ttf
Copyright: 2013, Danh Hong (khmertype.org)
License: Apache-2.0

Files: test/api/fonts/TestGVAREight.ttf
       test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/TestGVAREight.ttf
Copyright: 1992-2017, Thomas A. Rickner
License: Apache-2.0
Comment: License mismatch resolved: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/4062

Files: test/api/fonts/TestGVAROne.ttf
       test/api/fonts/TestGVARThree.ttf
       test/api/fonts/TestGVARTwo.ttf
       test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/TestGVAROne.ttf
       test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/TestGVARThree.ttf
       test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/TestGVARTwo.ttf
Copyright: 2016, Monotype Hong Kong Ltd. and Monotype Imaging Inc
License: Monotype

Files: test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/074a5ae6b19de8f29772fdd5df2d3d833f81f5e6.ttf
       test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/1a3d8f381387dd29be1e897e4b5100ac8b4829e1.ttf
       test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/b151cfcdaa77585d77f17a42158e0873fc8e2633.ttf
       test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/d9b8bc10985f24796826c29f7ccba3d0ae11ec02.ttf
Copyright: 2017, David Corbett
License: CC0-1.0

Files: test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/b722a7d09e60421f3efbc706ad348ab47b88567b.ttf
Copyright: 2005, Mihail Bayaryn
License: GPL-3+

Files: test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/b895f8ff06493cc893ec44de380690ca0074edfa.ttf
Copyright: 2009-2010, Yoram Gnat (yoram.gnat@gmail.com)
           2003-2007, Ralph Hancock & John Hudson
License: GPL-2+ with Font exception

Files: test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/DFONT.dfont
       test/shape/data/in-house/fonts/TTC.ttc
Copyright: 2015, FontTools
License: MIT
Comment: https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/blob/main/LICENSE

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License: OFL-1.1
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DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 4 blocker, 1 important, 3 minor

This is an LLM based review using a Debian Inference based workflow. It was not written by a member of the DFSG team and has not been checked by one. It is not a decision on the package: it may be wrong, and it may have missed things.

Reviewed 4 days ago.

Proposes a replacement debian/watch: debian/watch in version 5 format

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DFSG NEW review for harfbuzz version 14.2.1+ds-1

Summary

  • Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: No
  • Packaging is of good quality: No
  • Issues: 4 blocker, 1 important, 3 minor
  • debian/watch: old format (version 4)
  • debian/copyright: machine-readable
  • Scan before the review: 491 found (451 not listed by the scan, so not checked)

Licensing

Every file in the tree that I could examine is under a free licence (old MIT/Expat, Apache-2.0, OFL-1.1, ISC, X11, Unicode, CC0, GPL-2+/GPL-3+ with font exception, Monotype's font grant), so the source is DFSG-compliant and the excluded non-free files are gone. debian/copyright is DEP-5 but does not describe the tree accurately: the newly added GPU sources bring Eric Lengyel's Slug-derived shader code, and util/gpu/ carries Silicon Graphics' trackball code and a BSD-3-Clause matrix utility, none of which Files: * acknowledges (it calls everything MIT and names neither Eric Lengyel nor Silicon Graphics, Inc. nor Mozilla Corp, and the BSD-3-Clause text is absent). A group of fonts whose own README says MIT is declared OFL-1.1.

Packaging

The packaging is otherwise in good shape for compat 13: 3.0 (quilt), DEP-5 copyright, gbp.conf, upstream metadata, a superficial autopkgtest, symbols files for all eight libraries, and two clearly documented patches. But the new libharfbuzz-gpu0 package was not added to libharfbuzz-dev's Depends even though -dev ships libharfbuzz-gpu.so and hb-gpu.h, which breaks linking against the GPU library (Policy 8.4); the three new symbols files use upstream release numbers as minimum Debian versions, and the newly installed hb-gpu binary has no man page.

Issues

1. [blocker] [licensing] debian/copyright does not name Eric Lengyel for src/hb-gpu-fragment.glsl and the generated header built into libharfbuzz-gpu0

  • Files: src/hb-gpu-fragment.glsl:3, src/hb-gpu-fragment-glsl.hh:4, debian/copyright:13-35
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: Copyright (C) 2017 Eric Lengyel and The _hb_gpu_slug body below is based on the Slug algorithm by Eric Lengyel in src/hb-gpu-fragment.glsl; Files: * lists 20 holders, none of them Eric Lengyel.
  • Problem: src/hb-gpu-fragment-glsl.hh is generated from the .glsl and compiled into libharfbuzz-gpu.so (src/meson.build:841-870), so Lengyel's code ships in the binary. The MIT notice requires the copyright notice to be retained, and debian/copyright is where Debian records it; the file as it stands attributes the code to the wrong set of holders.
  • Fix: Add 2017, Eric Lengyel to the Files: * Copyright list, or add a Files: src/hb-gpu-fragment.glsl src/hb-gpu-fragment-glsl.hh stanza with that holder and License: MIT.

2. [blocker] [licensing] util/gpu/matrix4x4.hh is BSD-3-Clause (Mozilla Corp, Google Inc), declared MIT by Files: *, and no BSD-3-Clause text is shipped

  • Files: util/gpu/matrix4x4.hh:14-40, debian/copyright:13-35, util/gpu/meson.build:19-20, util/meson.build:231-238
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: Copyright (c) 2009, Mozilla Corp / Copyright (c) 2012, Google, Inc. followed by Redistribution and use in source and binary forms ... Neither the name of the <organization> nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse ....
  • Problem: Files: * declares the old-MIT licence for this file and names Mozilla Foundation, not Mozilla Corp. The file is BSD-3-Clause, whose notice and conditions must be reproduced, and it is compiled into the installed /usr/bin/hb-gpu (gpu_demo_sources includes it and hb-gpu is installed). No BSD-3-Clause licence paragraph exists in debian/copyright.
  • Fix: Add a stanza for util/gpu/matrix4x4.hh with Copyright: 2009, Mozilla Corp / 2012, Google, Inc. and License: BSD-3-Clause, plus a stand-alone BSD-3-Clause paragraph with the full text.

3. [blocker] [licensing] util/gpu/trackball.hh carries the SGI copyright and permission notice but is declared MIT and Silicon Graphics, Inc. is not named

  • Files: util/gpu/trackball.hh:10-45, debian/copyright:13-35, util/meson.build:231-238
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: (c) Copyright 1993, 1994, Silicon Graphics, Inc. / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
  • Problem: The file is under the SGI/X11-style notice, not MIT, and its holder is missing from Files: *. It is compiled into the installed /usr/bin/hb-gpu, and the notice must appear in the supporting documentation, i.e. debian/copyright. The licence itself is DFSG-free, so this is an accuracy and notice-retention defect, not a non-free file.
  • Fix: Add a stanza for util/gpu/trackball.hh with Copyright: 1993, 1994, Silicon Graphics, Inc. and a short name for the SGI notice, with its full text in a stand-alone License paragraph.

4. [blocker] [licensing] test/api/fonts/chromacheck-*.ttf and RanaKufi-Regular.subset.otf are MIT per the shipped README but debian/copyright declares OFL-1.1, and Roel Nieskens is not named

  • Files: test/api/fonts/README:3-9, test/api/fonts/chromacheck-cbdt.ttf, test/api/fonts/chromacheck-colr.ttf, test/api/fonts/chromacheck-sbix.ttf, test/api/fonts/chromacheck-svg.ttf, test/api/fonts/RanaKufi-Regular.subset.otf, debian/copyright:68-88
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: chromacheck-* fonts are from https://github.com/RoelN/ChromaCheck/tree/master/fonts and licensed under MIT by Roel Nieskens and Google. and RanaKufi-Regular.subset.otf is from https://github.com/alif-type/rana-kufi/ but the subset is licensed for us in MIT for the project use.
  • Problem: The Files: test/api/fonts/* line in the OFL-1.1 stanza at debian/copyright:68-88 overrides Files: *, so these five files are recorded under a licence the package's own README contradicts, and the MIT holder Roel Nieskens appears nowhere in debian/copyright.
  • Fix: Add a stanza (after line 88, so it wins) naming these five files, Copyright: 2018, Roel Nieskens / 2018, Google, Inc. as appropriate, and License: Expat (the MIT text the fonts are under), keeping the OFL stanza for the remaining test/api/fonts files.

5. [important] [packaging] libharfbuzz-dev does not depend on the new libharfbuzz-gpu0 although it ships libharfbuzz-gpu.so and hb-gpu.h

  • Files: debian/control:80-93, debian/libharfbuzz-dev.install:1-4, debian/libharfbuzz-gpu0.install:1
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: libharfbuzz-dev Depends lists libharfbuzz-vector0 and libharfbuzz-raster0 but not libharfbuzz-gpu0; debian/libharfbuzz-dev.install is usr/include/harfbuzz/ and usr/lib/*/*.so, so the unversioned libharfbuzz-gpu.so symlink and harfbuzz-gpu.pc are in -dev.
  • Problem: Policy 8.4: installing the development package must install all development files necessary for compiling programs against the shared library. With the symlink present but the library package absent, -lharfbuzz-gpu fails on a system that installed only libharfbuzz-dev, and the dependency graph no longer matches what the package ships.
  • Fix: Add libharfbuzz-gpu0 (= ${binary:Version}), to the libharfbuzz-dev Depends list.

6. [minor] [packaging] The three new symbols files give upstream release numbers as the minimum Debian version of each symbol

  • Files: debian/libharfbuzz-gpu0.symbols:3-36, debian/libharfbuzz-raster0.symbols:3-62, debian/libharfbuzz-vector0.symbols:3-63
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: hb_gpu_draw_create_or_fail@Base 14.0.0, hb_gpu_draw_clear@Base 14.2.0, hb_raster_draw_create_or_fail@Base 13.0.1, hb_vector_draw_create_or_fail@Base 13.0.1 — but these packages are introduced by this upload, 14.2.1+ds-1.
  • Problem: The minimal version in a symbols file is a Debian package version, used by dpkg-shlibdeps to build the dependency (deb-symbols(5): the dependency template is filled with (>= minimal-version)). No Debian libharfbuzz-gpu0/raster0/vector0 ever had 13.0.1 or 14.0.0, so consumers get dependencies on versions that do not exist, and the data is misleading when triaging transitions.
  • Fix: Set the version of every symbol in the three new files to the version of this first upload, 14.2.1+ds-1.

7. [minor] [packaging] hb-gpu is installed into libharfbuzz-bin without a manual page

  • Files: util/meson.build:177-189, util/meson.build:231-238, debian/libharfbuzz-bin.install:1-2
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: foreach binary: [hb_shape, hb_raster, hb_vector, hb_info, hb_subset] generates the man pages; hb_gpu_util = executable('hb-gpu', ... install: true) is built later and is not in that list.
  • Problem: libharfbuzz-bin installs /usr/bin/hb-gpu (via usr/bin/) but no hb-gpu.1, although help2man is a Build-Depends and every other installed utility gets a page. Policy 12.1 says each installed program should have a man page and calls its absence a bug.
  • Fix: Generate a man page for hb-gpu the same way (move the help2man loop after the GPU utility is defined, or add a separate custom_target), so libharfbuzz-bin ships hb-gpu.1.

8. [minor] [packaging] debian/watch is in the old version 4 format

  • Files: debian/watch
  • Basis: found by the review tooling's own checks
  • Evidence: version=4
  • Problem: Version 5 is the current format of debian/watch.
  • Fix: Convert it to version 5; a mechanical conversion is under Proposed changes.

Verified

  • debian/copyright is in machine-readable format, DEP-5 1.0, and its Format line is the current URL, so no replacement file is needed.
  • Every Files-Excluded entry (perf/texts, test/subset/data/expected/glyph_names/*, test/subset/data/fonts/Ubuntu-Regular.ttf, xkcd.png) is genuinely absent from the unpacked tree; Skip-Excluded-Files.patch disables the only two tests that needed them (the glyph_names entry in test/subset/meson.build and the shape_threads test, which reads perf/texts).
  • Read all licence files in the tree: COPYING, src/ms-use/COPYING, test/COPYING, test/shape/data/aots/COPYING, test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/COPYING, plus licence headers in src/, util/, docs/ and test/. All licences found are free: old MIT, Expat, Apache-2.0, OFL-1.1, ISC, X11, Unicode, CC0-1.0, GPL-2+ with font exception, GPL-3+, and Monotype's font grant. No non-commercial, no-modification or field-of-use wording was found.
  • The 491 binary files the prescan lists are test-only data, none installed: fonts under test/api/fonts, test/fuzzing/fonts, test/shape/data/{in-house,text-rendering-tests,aots}/fonts, test/subset/data/fonts and perf/fonts; the two minimized fuzz reproducers test/api/fonts/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-hb-shape-fuzzer-5753845452636160 and test/fuzzing/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-hb-subset-fuzzer-6461128124465152; util/gpu/default-font.ttf; and the PNG/SVG/ICO artwork in docs/. The generated .hh shader files are not opaque binaries: each is produced from a .glsl/.wgsl/.msl/.hlsl file in the tree by src/gen-gpu-shader-artifacts.py, which is shipped.
  • The prescan's 'Unicode®, Inc' holder is named in debian/copyright:56 (src/hb-unicode-emoji-table.hh), so that possible miss is not one.
  • The version script added by hide-std-template-symbols.patch exports only hb_*; I checked every debian/*.symbols entry and none lacks the hb_ prefix, so it hides no symbol the symbols files require. HB_INTERNAL symbols are already visibility-hidden in src/hb.hh.
  • Compared the exported functions declared in src/hb-gpu.h, src/hb-raster.h and src/hb-vector.h with the three new symbols files; they match, so no symbol of the new libraries is missing from its file.
  • Packaging metadata checked: Standards-Version 4.7.4 against Policy 4.7.4.1 (current), debhelper-compat 13, source format 3.0 (quilt), a superficial autopkgtest (debian/tests/build compiles and runs against the installed pkg-config files), gbp.conf, upstream/metadata, and two patches with DEP-3 headers. Build-Depends cover the new libraries' dependencies (libpng-dev, zlib1g-dev) and the GPU demo (libglew-dev, libglfw3-dev).
  • Read every file under debian/ and the top-level source tree; upstream sources were covered directory by directory and by grep for licence and copyright wording rather than read line by line. debian/watch and .pc/ were left alone as instructed.
  • uscan found upstream releases with debian/watch; a newer upstream version is available (upstream 15.0.0, packaged 14.2.1+ds), which is not a fault of the package.
  • Every pointer of debian/copyright to /usr/share/common-licenses names a file that is there (Apache-2.0, CC0-1.0, GPL-2, GPL-3).

Not confirmed

  • test/vector/data/fonts/2db082c6c462d5056544e56e7ea13bf58c33a832.ttf is a font subset recorded by record-test.sh (used by test/vector/data/tests/basic.tests for the Nastaliq test); no font stanza names it, so it falls under Files: * and is recorded as MIT, but its source font and real licence are not documented in the tree and fonts were not opened.
  • test/fuzzing/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-hb-subset-fuzzer-6461128124465152 lies directly in test/fuzzing/, outside the test/fuzzing/fonts/* stanza, so Files: * (MIT) is the only stanza covering it; it is a minimized fuzz input derived from a font, and its provenance cannot be established from the tree.
  • Whether the fonts under test/shape/data/text-rendering-tests/fonts/ really are OFL-1.1 (the stanza applied at debian/copyright:68-88) or Apache-2.0 (the COPYING shipped in that directory) could not be settled without reading font metadata, which was not opened.
  • No build or test was run; the missing -dev dependency and the man-page gap are visible from the packaging itself, and no build failure is claimed.

Proposed: debian/watch in version 5 format

debian/watch is in an old format. This is the conversion made by uscan --update-watchfile, which has not been run against the upstream site: some defaults differ in version 5, so test it with uscan --report before use.

Version: 5

Source: https://api.github.com/repos/@PACKAGE@/@PACKAGE@/releases
Matching-Pattern: https://github.com/@PACKAGE@/@PACKAGE@/releases/download/v?[\d.]+/@PACKAGE@@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@
Dversionmangle: auto
Repacksuffix: +ds
Searchmode: plain

Uploader's response to the LLM review

The uploader rejected this upload in response to the review.

Review Information

rejected — allocated to dfsg-uploader 4 days ago, started 4 days ago, completed 4 days ago.

Final Comment

The uploader rejected this upload in response to the automated (LLM) review of it, so that they can fix the problems it found and upload again.

Other Reviews of this Package

VersionHashAllocatedCompletedReviewerStatusDetails
14.2.1+ds-1 a485e236… 2026-10-27 23:56 2026-10-27 23:56 dfsg-uploader rejected VIEW
14.2.1+ds-1 040f8bfa… 2026-10-29 08:34 2026-10-29 08:37 awm accepted VIEW
13.2.1-1 d8c1ac89… 2026-10-15 04:57 2026-10-15 05:54 awm rejected VIEW

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