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Review: htop 3.5.1-1

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Changed-ByDaniel Lange
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionexperimental
DateTue, 28 Apr 2026 18:35:00 +0200
Sourcehtop
Version3.5.1-1
Changelog
htop (3.5.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release
   * Add pcp-htop binary package
   * Drop hurd support
   * Drop kFreeBSD support
.dsc
Package-Listhtop deb utils optional arch=any
pcp-htop deb utils optional arch=any
Sectionutils
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: htop
Upstream-Contact: htop dev team <htop@groups.io>
Source: https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases

Files: *
License: GPL-2+
Copyright: 2004-2019 Hisham Muhammad
           2020-2026 htop dev team

Files: debian/*
License: GPL-2+
Copyright: 2016-2026 Daniel Lange
           2018-2021 Graham Inggs
           2008-2016 Eugene V. Lyubimkin
           2004-2008 Bartosz Fenski

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.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .
 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'.

Review Information

accepted — allocated to mechtilde 8 days ago, started 8 days ago, completed 8 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi,

please add the mising authors with the next upload.

Thanks

Public Notes

8 days ago ● public

Missed Author Check

Command: dnq author-check
Exit code: 0

Using active review (from current.json): htop
Author check: htop 3.5.1-1

Scanned 348 files.
Authors declared in debian/copyright: 6

NOT IN debian/copyright (4):

  Guido U. Draheim <guidod@gmx.de>
    m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4:29

  Jens Axboe <jens@axboe.dk>
    linux/IOPriority.h:10

  Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans@gmail.com>
    m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4:30

  Thorsten Lockert <tholo@sigmasoft.com>
    openbsd/OpenBSDMachine.c:162

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

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