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Review: ibus-libpinyin 1.16.5-4

Package Information

DescriptionIntelligent Pinyin engine based on libpinyin for IBus

It includes a Chinese Pinyin input method and a Chinese ZhuYin (Bopomofo) input method based on libpinyin for IBus.

MaintainerDebian Input Method Team <debian-input-method@lists.debian.org>
Changed ByBoyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Sponsorbyang@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ibus-libpinyin.git (browse)
Closes#1138753
Popcon Installs1455
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ibus-libpinyin
Uploaded1 month, 12 days ago

New Package Report

.changes
Changed-ByBoyuan Yang
Architecturesource all amd64
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 24 Jun 2026 15:53:48 -0400
Sourceibus-libpinyin
Version1.16.5-4
Changelog
ibus-libpinyin (1.16.5-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * debian/: Split the binary package:
     + ibus-libpinyin: Only enables the ibus-libpinyin input method
       upon installation.
     + ibus-libbopomofo: Only enables the ibus-libbopomofo input method
       upon installation.
     + ibus-libpinyin-common: Stores all common files shared between the
       input methods.
     The binary package splitting is necessary to properly fix the
     input method enabling issue in mixed environments, such as Debian
     Live system. This really closes: #1138753.
   * debian/patches/0004-libpinyin.xml-Use-split-package-path.patch:
     Add patch to support binary package splitting by redirecting the
     input method discovery to a wrapper.
   * debian/ibus-libpinyin-list-engines: Add the wrapper for dynamic
     input method engine discovery.
   * debian/split-engines.py: Add the build-time helper script to split
     the input method availability XML dynamically.
.dsc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listibus-libbopomofo deb utils optional arch=all
ibus-libpinyin deb utils optional arch=all
ibus-libpinyin-common deb utils optional arch=any
Sectionutils
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: ibus-libpinyin
Source: https://github.com/libpinyin/ibus-libpinyin/downloads

Files: *
Copyright: 2012 Peng Huang <shawn.p.huang@gmail.com>
           2012 BYVoid <byvoid1@gmail.com>
           2012-2023 Peng Wu <alexepico@gmail.com>
License: GPL-3.0+

Files: po/ru.po
Copyright: 2012 koterpillar
License: GPL-3.0+

Files: po/fr.po
Copyright: 2012 Jiehong Ma <ma.jiehong@gmail.com>
License: GPL-3.0+

Files: data/libpinyin.appdata.xml
Copyright: 2012 Peng Wu <alexepico@gmail.com>
License: CC0-1.0

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2012 Asias He <asias@debian.org>
           2015-2023 ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬) <czchen@debian.org>
License: GPL-2.0+

License: CC0-1.0
 On Debian systems, the full text of the CC0 1.0 Universal
 License can be found in the file
 `/usr/share/common-licenses/CC0-1.0'.

License: GPL-2.0+
 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 program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

License: GPL-3.0+
 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 3 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 program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 .
 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 mechtilde 1 month, 9 days ago, started 1 month, 9 days ago, completed 1 month, 9 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi,

Thanks for your diligence in preparing this package. I noticed a slight
slip in debian/copyright where some copyright notices from the source
code are not documented.

You can find the missing authors and the missing license statements in the public notes under
https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/ibus-libpinyin/1.16.5-4
Thanks

Other Reviews of this Package

VersionHashAllocatedCompletedReviewerStatusDetails
1.16.5-4 e8ce3656… 2026-06-29 06:56 2026-06-29 06:58 mechtilde accepted VIEW

Public Notes

1 month, 9 days ago ● public

Missed Author Check

Command: dnq author-check
Exit code: 0

Using active review (from current.json): ibus-libpinyin
Author check: ibus-libpinyin 1.16.5-4

Scanned 217 files.
Authors declared in debian/copyright: 7

NOT IN debian/copyright (10):

  Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
    m4/boost.m4:2

  Bootstrap Authors
    ltmain.sh:1539
    ltmain.sh:75

  Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>
    aclocal.m4:116

  Free Software
    INSTALL:359
    Makefile.in:4
    aclocal.m4:1022
    aclocal.m4:1043
    aclocal.m4:1065
    ... and 58 more files

  linyu Xu <liannaxu07@gmail.com>
    src/PYPCloudCandidates.cc:5
    src/PYPCloudCandidates.h:5

  Red Hat, Inc
    setup/keyboardshortcut.py:6

  Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
    aclocal.m4:115

  Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
    po/Makefile.in.in:2

  Weixuan XIAO <veyx.shaw@gmail.com>
    src/PYPCloudCandidates.cc:6
    src/PYPCloudCandidates.h:6

  X Consortium
    install-sh:10

Result: ATTENTION REQUIRED — 10 authors not in debian/copyright
1 month, 9 days ago ● public

Licenserecon

Command: lrc | grep -v 'Superfluous file pattern'
Exit code: 0

de: Versions: licenserecon '17.0'  licensecheck '3.3.9-1'

Quellbaum analysieren  ....
Lesen d/copyright  ....
Wird ausgeführt licensecheck ....

d/copyright      | licensecheck

GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           aclocal.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           config.rpath
GPL-3+           | FSFUL             configure
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            configure.ac
GPL-3+           | LGPL-2+           data/icons/Makefile.am
GPL-3+           | LGPL-2+           data/icons/Makefile.in
GPL-3+           | GPL-2             ibus-libpinyin.spec.in
GPL-3+           | FSFAP             INSTALL
GPL-3+           | X11               install-sh
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+ with Libtool exception ltmain.sh
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR and/or GPL and/or LGPL m4/gettext.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/iconv.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR and/or GPL and/or LGPL m4/intlmacosx.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/lib-ld.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/lib-link.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/lib-prefix.m4
GPL-3+           | (FSFULLR and/or GPL-2+) with Libtool exception m4/libtool.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/lt~obsolete.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/ltoptions.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/ltsugar.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR           m4/ltversion.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR and/or GPL and/or LGPL m4/nls.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR and/or GPL and/or LGPL m4/po.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFULLR and/or GPL and/or LGPL m4/progtest.m4
GPL-3+           | FSFAP             po/Makefile.in.in
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/config.py
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/config.py.in
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/dicttreeview.py
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/enginefile.py
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/ibus-setup-libpinyin.in
GPL-3+           | LGPL-2.1+         setup/keyboardshortcut.py
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/main2.py
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            setup/shortcuteditor.py
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYPCloudCandidates.cc
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYPCloudCandidates.h
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYPSuggestionEditor.h
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYTableDatabase.cc
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYTableDatabase.h
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYTableEditor.cc
GPL-3+           | GPL-2+            src/PYTableEditor.h

1 month, 9 days ago ● public

CME fix

Command: cme fix --verbose dpkg
Exit code: 0

cme: running fix on dpkg configuration...
Connecting to api.ftp-master.debian.org to check 17 package versions. Please wait...
Got info from api.ftp-master.debian.org for 17 packages.
Warning in 'control source Build-Depends:0': debhelper-compat dependency version is too old (13). It should be 14
Offending value: 'debhelper-compat (= 13)'

Changes applied to dpkg configuration:
- control source Build-Depends:0: 'debhelper-compat (= 14)' -> 'debhelper-compat (= 13)' # conflicting initial values
- control source debhelper-version: '14' -> '13' # conflicting initial values
- control source Build-Depends:0: 'debhelper-compat (= 13)' -> 'debhelper-compat (= 14)' # applied fix for :changed debhelper-compat version dependency to 14

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