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Review: liblsl 1.17.5-1

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Sourceliblsl
Version1.17.5-1
Changed-ByChristopher Obbard
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateSat, 18 Apr 2026 23:15:59 +0100
Changelog
liblsl (1.17.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 1.17.5
   * d/control: add myself to Uploaders
   * d/control: shortern description
   * d/control: bump libboost-dev to 1.90
   * d/control: add libcatch2-dev to B-d
   * d/patches: add patch to prefer system catch2
   * d/patches: add patch to use public catch2 approx header
   * d/copyright: ensure paragraphs are correctly formatted
   * d/gbp.conf: update filter to match upstream
   * d/copyright: update Files-Excluded to match upstream
   * d/copyright: add missing copyright for pugixml
   * d/README.source: add instructions to update upstream release
   * d/control: bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4
   * d/watch: add watch file
   * d/control: rename binary package liblsl1 to liblsl2
   * d/copyright: use BSL-1.0 as Boost license short name
   * d/control: reformat file
   * d/liblsl-dev.*: sort files
.dsc
Package-Listliblsl-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
liblsl2 deb libs optional arch=any
Sectionlibdevel
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: liblsl
Source: https://github.com/sccn/liblsl
Files-Excluded:
  lslboost
  thirdparty/asio
  thirdparty/asio_objects.cpp
  cmake/ios.toolchain.cmake

Files: *
Copyright: Copyright (C) 2012 Christian A. Kothe
License: MIT

Files: src/portable_archive/*
Copyright: Christian Pfligersdorffer <christian.pfligersdorffer@gmx.at>
License: BSL-1.0

Files: thirdparty/pugixml/*
Copyright: Copyright (C) 2003, by Kristen Wegner (kristen@tima.net)
           Copyright (C) 2006-2025, by Arseny Kapoulkine (arseny.kapoulkine@gmail.com)
License: MIT

Files: thirdparty/loguru/*
Copyright: Emil Ernerfeldt <emil.ernerfeldt@gmail.com>
License: Public-Domain
Comment: https://github.com/emilk/loguru

License: MIT
  Copyright (C) 2012 Christian A. Kothe
  .
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  .
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  .
  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  SOFTWARE.

License: Public-Domain
  This software is in the public domain. Where that dedication is not
  recognized, you are granted a perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, modify
  and distribute it as you see fit.
  .
  That being said, I would appreciate credit! If you find Loguru useful, tweet
  me at @ernerfeldt mail me at emil.ernerfeldt@gmail.com.

License: BSL-1.0
  Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003
  .
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
  obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
  this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
  execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
  Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
  do so, all subject to the following:
  .
  The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
  the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
  must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
  all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
  works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
  a source language processor.
  .
  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
  SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
  FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
  ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
  DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 11 days ago, started 11 days ago, completed 11 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi,

I've accepted, but I did manage to find another couple of authors
who aren't credited in debian/copyright (see note) if you want to
add them in your next upload.

Thanks!

Other Reviews of this Package

VersionHashAllocatedCompletedReviewerStatusDetails
1.17.5-1 a8a9a85f… 2026-04-14 07:07 2026-04-14 08:25 awm rejected VIEW

Public Notes

11 days ago ● public

Missed Author Check

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

Author check: scanned 229 files.

NOT IN debian/copyright (2):

  Christian Kothe, Tristan Stenner
    examples/LICENSE.txt:3

  Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
    src/cancellable_streambuf.h:9

Result: ATTENTION REQUIRED — 2 authors not in debian/copyright
11 days ago ● public

License check: liblsl 1.17.5-1

Archive component: main

COMPATIBLE:

  • BSL-1.0 (Boost Software License)
  • Expat (alias for MIT (Expat))
  • Public-Domain (Not a formal license; CC0-1.0 is strongly preferred)

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