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Review: libpqxx 8.0.1-2

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Distributionexperimental
DateSat, 16 May 2026 10:45:06 +0200
Sourcelibpqxx
Version8.0.1-2
Changed-ByChristoph Berg
Architecturesource amd64 all
Changelog
libpqxx (8.0.1-2) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * Add missing license holders from autoconf files.
.dsc
Sectionlibs
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listlibpqxx-8.0 deb libs optional arch=any
libpqxx-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libpqxx-doc deb doc optional arch=all
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: libpqxx
Upstream-Contact: Jeroen T. Vermeulen <jtv@xs4all.nl>
Source: https://github.com/jtv/libpqxx

Files: *
Copyright: 2001-2026 Jeroen T. Vermeulen <jtv@xs4all.nl>
           1994-2008 Free Software Foundation.
           2006 Bart Samwel <bart@samwel.tk>
License: BSD-3-clause
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
 are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 .
 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * Neither the name of the author, nor the names of other contributors may be
   used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
   specific prior written permission.
 .
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
 DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
 ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
 (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
 LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
 ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Files: aclocal.m4 config/*
Copyright:
 Copyright (C) 1996-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (c) 2008 Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
 Copyright (c) 2012 Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
 Copyright (c) 2013 Roy Stogner <roystgnr@ices.utexas.edu>
 Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Google Inc.; contributed by Alexey Sokolov <sokolov@google.com>
 Copyright (c) 2015 Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com>
 Copyright (c) 2015 Moritz Klammler <moritz@klammler.eu>
 Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 Krzesimir Nowak <qdlacz@gmail.com>
 Copyright (c) 2019 Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
 Copyright (c) 2020 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
 Copyright (c) 2021 Jörn Heusipp <osmanx@problemloesungsmaschine.de>
License: autoconf
 This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Files: config/ltmain.sh
Copyright:
 Copyright (C) 2004-2019, 2021 Bootstrap Authors
License: bootstrap
 This file is dual licensed under the terms of the MIT license
 <https://opensource.org/license/MIT>, and GPL version 2 or later
 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>.  You must apply one of
 these licenses when using or redistributing this software or any of
 the files within it.  See the URLs above, or the file `LICENSE`
 included in the Bootstrap distribution for the full license texts.

Files: config/install-sh
Copyright:
 Copyright (C) 1994 X Consortium
License: X11
 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
 X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNEC-
 TION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 .
 Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not
 be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other deal-
 ings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consor-
 tium.
 .
 FSF changes to this file are in the public domain.

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2023-2023 Debian Team PostgreSQL <team+postgresql@tracker.debian.org>
           2011-2019 Marcin Kulisz (kuLa) <debian@kulisz.net>
           2002 Greg Hookey <debian@deadly.ca>
License: GPL-2+
 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 <https://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".

Review Information

rejected — allocated to mechtilde 8 days ago, started 8 days ago, completed 7 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi,
thanks for the improvements. There are missed some more entries in d/copyright.
The details you can find under https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/libpqxx.

Thanks

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Public Notes

7 days ago ● public

Licenserecon

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

de: Versions: licenserecon '16.0'  licensecheck '3.3.9-1'

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

d/copyright      | licensecheck

autoconf         | FSFULLR           aclocal.m4
bootstrap        | GPL-2+ with Libtool exception config/ltmain.sh
autoconf         | (FSFULLR and/or GPL-2) with Libtool exception config/m4/libtool.m4
autoconf         | FSFULLR           config/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
autoconf         | FSFULLR           config/m4/ltoptions.m4
autoconf         | FSFULLR           config/m4/ltsugar.m4
autoconf         | FSFULLR           config/m4/ltversion.m4
BSD-3-clause     | FSFUL             configure

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