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Review: plasma-union 6.7.4-1

Package Information

DescriptionQt 6 style supporting both QtQuick and QtWidgets

Union is a Qt 6 style supporting both QtQuick and QtWidgets, released as part of Plasma 6.

This package contains the Union main libraries, binaries and data.

MaintainerDebian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
Changed ByPatrick Franz <deltaone@debian.org>
Sponsordeltaone@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/qt-kde-team/kde/plasma-union.git (browse)
Closes#1150550
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plasma-union
Uploaded21 days ago

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Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateSat, 17 Oct 2026 10:16:23 +0200
Sourceplasma-union
Version6.7.4-1
Changed-ByPatrick Franz <deltaone@debian.org>
Changelog◂
plasma-union (6.7.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial release (Closes: #1150550).
.dsc◂
Componentmain
Package-Listkde-style-union deb kde optional arch=any
Sectionkde
Priorityoptional
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: plasma-union
Upstream-Contact: Kubuntu Developers <kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com>
Source: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/union

Files: *
Copyright: 2025-2026, Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo.dev>
           2020-2026, Arjen Hiemstra <ahiemstra@heimr.nl>
           2025, Joshua Goins <josh@redstrate.com>
           2025, Martin Sh <hemisputnik@proton.me>
           2025, Niccolò Venerandi <niccolo@venerandi.com>
           2024, Noah Davis <noahadvs@gmail.com>
License: LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-LGPL

Files: CMakeLists.txt
       UnionConfig.cmake.in
       autotests/CMakeLists.txt
       autotests/output/quick/CMakeLists.txt
       autotests/properties/CMakeLists.txt
       doc/applications.qdoc
       doc/css/index.qdoc
       doc/css/properties.qdoc
       doc/css/support.qdoc
       doc/overview.qdoc
       doc/plasmasvg/index.qdoc
       doc/plasmasvg/propertyfunctions.qdoc
       doc/plasmasvg/ruledefinitions.qdoc
       doc/qtquick/index.qdoc
       doc/qtwidgets/index.qdoc
       doc/union-core.qdoc
       doc/union-index.qdoc
       doc/union.qdocconf
       examples/CMakeLists.txt
       examples/gallery/CMakeLists.txt
       examples/widgetsgallery/CMakeLists.txt
       src/CMakeLists.txt
       src/input/CMakeLists.txt
       src/input/css/CMakeLists.txt
       src/input/css/defaults/default.css
       src/input/css/defaults/extra-properties.css
       src/input/css/metadata.json
       src/input/css/styles/breeze-mobile/overrides.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze-mobile/style.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze-rtl/overrides.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze-rtl/style.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/application.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/bars.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/button.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/calendar.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/check.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/defaults.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/delegate.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/images/checkmark.svg
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/images/radio.svg
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/kirigami.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/popup.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/style.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/tables.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/text.css
       src/input/css/styles/breeze/variables.css
       src/input/plasmasvg/CMakeLists.txt
       src/input/plasmasvg/GenerateDefinitionsResource.cmake
       src/input/plasmasvg/metadata.json
       src/output/CMakeLists.txt
       src/output/kirigami/CMakeLists.txt
       src/output/qtquick/CMakeLists.txt
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/properties/CMakeLists.txt
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/shaders.cmake
       src/output/qtwidgets/CMakeLists.txt
       src/platform/CMakeLists.txt
       src/platform/kcolorschemeprovider/CMakeLists.txt
       src/platform/kcolorschemeprovider/kcolorschemeprovider.json
       src/platform/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
       src/platform/plasma/metadata.json
       src/properties/CMakeLists.txt
       tools/CMakeLists.txt
       tools/ruleinspector/CMakeLists.txt
Copyright: 2025-2026, Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo.dev>
           2024-2026, Arjen Hiemstra <ahiemstra@heimr.nl>
           2025, Joshua Goins <josh@redstrate.com>
           2025, Martin Sh <hemisputnik@proton.me>
           2025, Niccolò Venerandi <niccolo@venerandi.com>
License: BSD-2-Clause

Files: src/output/qtquick/style/AbstractButton.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Action.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ActionGroup.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ApplicationWindow.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/BusyIndicator.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Button.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Calendar.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/CheckBox.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/CheckDelegate.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ComboBox.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Container.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Control.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/DayOfWeekRow.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/DelayButton.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Dial.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Dialog.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/DialogButtonBox.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/DoubleSpinBox.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Drawer.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Frame.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/GroupBox.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/HorizontalHeaderView.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/HorizontalHeaderViewDelegate.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ItemDelegate.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Label.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Menu.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/MenuBar.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/MenuBarItem.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/MenuItem.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/MenuSeparator.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/MonthGrid.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Page.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/PageIndicator.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Pane.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Popup.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ProgressBar.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/RadioButton.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/RangeSlider.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/RoundButton.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ScrollBar.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ScrollIndicator.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ScrollView.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/SearchField.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/SelectionRectangle.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Slider.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/SpinBox.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/SplitView.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/StackView.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/SwipeView.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Switch.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/TabBar.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/TabButton.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/TableViewDelegate.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/TextArea.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/TextField.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ToolBar.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ToolButton.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ToolSeparator.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/ToolTip.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/TreeViewDelegate.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/Tumbler.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/VerticalHeaderView.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/VerticalHeaderViewDelegate.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/WeekNumberColumn.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/private/DefaultContentItem.qml
       src/output/qtquick/style/private/DisplayAttribute.qml
Copyright: 2025-2026, Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo.dev>
           2022-2026, Arjen Hiemstra <ahiemstra@heimr.nl>
           2022, Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail@gmail.com>
           2023, ivan tkachenko <me@ratijas.tk>
           2017, Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
           2025, Niccolò Venerandi <niccolo@venerandi.com>
           2024, Noah Davis <noahadvs@gmail.com>
           2017-2025, The Qt Company Ltd.
License: LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only

Files: src/output/kirigami/AbstractApplicationHeader.qml
       src/output/kirigami/Heading.qml
       src/output/kirigami/InlineMessage.qml
       src/output/kirigami/NavigationTabBar.qml
       src/output/kirigami/NavigationTabButton.qml
       src/output/kirigami/OverlayDrawer.qml
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/Mnemonics.cpp
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/Mnemonics.h
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/WheelHandler.cpp
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/WheelHandler.h
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/scenegraph/TextureCache.cpp
       src/output/qtquick/plugin/scenegraph/TextureCache.h
       src/output/qtquick/style/private/TextFieldContextMenu.qml
Copyright: 2025-2026, Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo.dev>
           2014, Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@blue-systems.com>
           2025, Arjen Hiemstra <ahiemstra@heimr.nl>
           2021, Carl Schwan <carlschwan@kde.org>
           2020, Carson Black <uhhadd@gmail.com>
           2020-2021, Devin Lin <espidev@gmail.com>
           2018, Eike Hein <hein@kde.org>
           2023, ivan tkachenko <me@ratijas.tk>
           2018, Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
           2011-2019, Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
           2021, Noah Davis <noahadvs@gmail.com>
           2012, Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>
License: LGPL-2.0-or-later

Files: .gitignore
       .gitlab-ci.yml
       .kde-ci.yml
       .yamllint.yml
       metainfo.yaml
       tools/propertygenerator/pyproject.toml
       tools/propertygenerator/uv.lock
Copyright: 2026, Akseli Lahtinen
           2020, Volker Krause <vkrause@kde.org>
License: CC0-1.0

Files: src/output/qtquick/plugin/shaders/sdf.glsl
       src/output/qtwidgets/union.themerc
Copyright: 2026, Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo.dev>
           2020, Arjen Hiemstra <ahiemstra@heimr.nl>
           2017, Inigo Quilez
License: MIT

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026, Rik Mills <rikmills@kubuntu.org>
           2026, Patrick Franz <deltaone@debian.org>
License: LGPL-2.0-or-later

License: BSD-2-Clause
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License: CC0-1.0
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License: GPL-2.0-only
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 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 License along with this library; If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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 Public License version 2.1 can be found in
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License: LGPL-3.0-only
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 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version
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License: LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-LGPL
 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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 the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved by the
 membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy as defined in
 Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
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 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 General Public License for more details.

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DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 1 blocker, 1 important, 4 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 21 days ago.

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DFSG NEW review for plasma-union version 6.7.4-1

Summary

  • Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: No
  • Packaging is of good quality: No
  • Issues: 1 blocker, 1 important, 4 minor
  • debian/watch: version 5
  • debian/copyright: machine-readable
  • Scan before the review: nothing found

Licensing

The code itself is DFSG-free: everything is under LGPL-2.1/3.0 (with the KDE accepted-LGPL option), LGPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-3.0/GPL-2.0/GPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause, MIT or CC0-1.0, all compatible. debian/copyright is DEP-5 and includes all required licence texts, but it does not describe all files correctly: a group of BSD-2-Clause files (four READMEs, four *.license sidecars, Union.json and 15 autotest JSON files) and CC0-1.0 REUSE.toml are all left to the Files: * LGPL stanza. It also names Ubuntu's Kubuntu Developers as Upstream-Contact for a KDE project.

Packaging

The packaging is mostly sound (compat 14, dh sequences, correct Standards-Version, valid changelog), but debian/rules removes the installed development files using a hard-coded x86_64-linux-gnu path, so on every other architecture the CMake config files stay in the binary package. Four Build-Depends exist only for the disabled PlasmaSVG input, tests are switched off with no autopkgtest, and the runtime Depends names the cssparser CLI package rather than relying on the generated library dependency.

Issues

blocker licensing 1. debian/copyright mislicenses REUSE-annotated BSD-2 and CC0 files as LGPL ◂
  • Files: debian/copyright:6-13, REUSE.toml:5-9, REUSE.toml:12-15, REUSE.toml:22-33, README.md, examples/snippets/README.md, examples/widgetsgallery/README.md, src/input/plasmasvg/definitions/README.md, src/input/css/metadata.json.license, src/input/plasmasvg/metadata.json.license, src/platform/kcolorschemeprovider/kcolorschemeprovider.json.license, src/platform/plasma/metadata.json.license, src/output/qtwidgets/Union.json, autotests/TestSelectorData/*.json, autotests/output/quick/TestPositionerLayoutData/*.json, src/input/css/metadata.json.license
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: Files: * / License: LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-LGPL, against REUSE.toml: path = "**/README.md" / SPDX-License-Identifier = "BSD-2-Clause", path = "autotests/TestSelectorData/*.json", path = "src/output/qtwidgets/Union.json", and REUSE.toml:1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0; sidecars such as src/input/css/metadata.json.license:1 say SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause.
  • Problem: Where a file carries its own SPDX tag (or a REUSE annotation) that differs from the catch-all stanza, debian/copyright states the wrong licence for it. The four READMEs (including the root one), the four generated-metadata sidecars, src/output/qtwidgets/Union.json (compiled into the Qt Widgets plugin via Q_PLUGIN_METADATA) and the 15 autotests JSON files are BSD-2-Clause, not LGPL; REUSE.toml itself is CC0-1.0 and its header even says SPDX-FileCopyrightText: None, while the CC0 stanza and Files: * attribute copyright to Akseli Lahtinen, Volker Krause and others. Contrast, for example, src/output/qtquick/style/RadioDelegate.qml, whose LGPL license is correctly left to Files: *.
  • Fix: Add these paths to the BSD-2-Clause stanza (with the Arjen Hiemstra/Joshua Goins holders from REUSE.toml) and add REUSE.toml to the CC0-1.0 stanza, removing the copyright holders that those files do not claim; or generate the stanzas from the REUSE annotations.
important packaging 2. Development files are only removed on amd64 ◂
  • Files: debian/rules:16, debian/control:32
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: rm -rf debian/kde-style-union/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/ while the package is Architecture: any.
  • Problem: KDE_INSTALL_CMAKEPACKAGEDIR is /usr/lib/<DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH>/cmake, so on arm64, i386, ppc64el etc. this rm matches nothing: those packages ship UnionConfig.cmake/UnionTargets.cmake and the exported target while the headers and libUnion.so symlink have been removed, leaving broken development files in the binary package.
  • Fix: Use a multiarch glob as for the other two removals (rm -rf debian/kde-style-union/usr/lib/*/cmake), or exclude the files via dh_install/-DBUILD_... options instead of a literal path.
minor licensing 3. Upstream-Contact names Ubuntu's Kubuntu Developers for a KDE project ◂
  • Files: debian/copyright:3
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: Upstream-Contact: Kubuntu Developers <kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> while Source: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/union and debian/upstream/metadata gives Contact: plasma-devel@kde.org.
  • Problem: The contact was evidently copied from Ubuntu packaging and is not the upstream contact for this KDE project; the field is inaccurate.
  • Fix: Set Upstream-Contact to the KDE maintainers, e.g. plasma-devel@kde.org, matching debian/upstream/metadata.
minor packaging 4. Build-Depends for the disabled PlasmaSVG input are unused ◂
  • Files: debian/control:13, debian/control:20-21, debian/control:25, debian/rules:10
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: dh_auto_configure -- ... -DBUILD_INPUT_PLASMASVG=OFF and top-level CMakeLists.txt puts KF6Archive, Plasma, ryml and Qt6Svg only behind if (BUILD_INPUT_PLASMASVG).
  • Problem: libkf6archive-dev, libplasma-dev, libryml-dev and qt6-svg-dev are installed for every build but cannot be used with the options debian/rules passes; unnecessary build dependencies are a real cost in archive rebuilds and in testing migration.
  • Fix: Remove those four Build-Depends, or drop -DBUILD_INPUT_PLASMASVG=OFF and actually build the PlasmaSVG input.
minor packaging 5. Runtime Depends names the cssparser CLI package, not the library ◂
  • Files: debian/control:33, src/input/css/CMakeLists.txt:15
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: Depends: cxx-rust-cssparser-parse; the plugin does target_link_libraries(union-input-css input CSS ... cxx-rust-cssparser), and apt-cache shows cxx-rust-cssparser-parse is the 51 kB binary of the source while libcxx-rust-cssparser1 is the library.
  • Problem: The shared-library dependency is generated automatically by dh_shlibdeps (compat 14 adds ${shlibs:Depends} itself), so the explicit dependency only pulls in an additional command-line program that the package does not use.
  • Fix: Drop cxx-rust-cssparser-parse (keep the generated shlibs dependency), or if some runtime helper really is invoked, document it in a comment.
minor packaging 6. Upstream tests are disabled and there is no autopkgtest ◂
  • Files: debian/rules:10, debian/
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF; upstream has autotests/ (TestColor, TestSelector, TestStyle, property tests) and there is no debian/tests/.
  • Problem: A new package ships with no automated verification at all, so regressions in the style engine and QML output are not caught by the archive's test infrastructure.
  • Fix: Build the tests by adding qt6-declarative-dev-tools/Qt6Test build deps and a debian/tests/control that runs dh_auto_test output or ctest under autopkgtest; at minimum add a smoke autopkgtest.
Verified ◂
  • Read all of debian/: control, copyright (DEP-5 1.0 format with a correct Format line), rules, changelog, source/format (3.0 quilt, no patches), kde-style-union.lintian-overrides and upstream/metadata; there are no maintainer scripts, .install/.links/.dirs files, patches or debian/tests.
  • Inventoried the 418 upstream files and collected every SPDX-License-Identifier: the only licences are LGPL-2.1-only/LGPL-3.0-only/LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-LGPL, LGPL-3.0-only/GPL-2.0-only/GPL-3.0-only, LGPL-2.0-or-later, BSD-2-Clause, MIT and CC0-1.0. All are free and mutually compatible; no non-commercial, no-modification or other non-free wording exists.
  • The MIT stanza correctly covers src/output/qtquick/plugin/shaders/sdf.glsl (Inigo Quilez, Arjen Hiemstra) and src/output/qtwidgets/union.themerc, and the LGPL-2.0-or-later stanza exactly matches the 12 files carrying that identifier.
  • No built artefacts: no .so/.a/.jar/.class/.pyc/firmware/PDF and no raster images; the only images are the two source SVGs under src/input/css/styles/breeze/images/. src/input/css/defaults/generated-properties.css is generated, but its inputs (tools/propertygenerator/properties.css.j2 and generate_properties.py) are present and it carries a licence header.
  • Prescan authors 'None' and '= "None': these are SPDX-FileCopyrightText: None placeholder lines in CC0 files (REUSE.toml:2 and :19, .kde-ci.yml:2, metainfo.yaml:2, .gitignore:2, tools/propertygenerator/pyproject.toml:2 and uv.lock:2). They are not missing copyright holders; the mismatch is that debian/copyright attributes holders to these files, reported above.
  • Every copyright holder named in file headers for each stanza (checked against the LGPL-2.0-or-later files in full, and via the prescan's 21-name comparison for the rest) is represented in debian/copyright.
  • Standards-Version 4.7.4 matches current Policy 4.7.4.1 (first two components).
  • Build-Depends checked against the archive: breeze-dev 4:6.7.4-1, libcxx-rust-cssparser-dev 1.1.0-1, libplasma-dev 6.7.4-2 and libryml-dev 0.16.0 exist; dh-sequence-single-binary is provided by debhelper 14.5, and dh-sequence-kf6/dh-sequence-plasma by pkg-kde-tools. At compat 14 the missing ${misc:Depends}/${shlibs:Depends} in debian/control is not a fault.
  • With dh-sequence-single-binary, dh_auto_install installs directly into debian/kde-style-union (verified from the dh_auto_install manual page), so the removals in execute_after_dh_auto_install do run on the package directory.
  • uscan found upstream releases with debian/watch; a newer upstream version is available (upstream 6.8.0, packaged 6.7.4), which is not a fault of the package.
  • Every pointer of debian/copyright to /usr/share/common-licenses names a file that is there (CC0-1.0, GPL-2, GPL-3, LGPL-2, LGPL-2.1, LGPL-3).
Not confirmed ◂
  • Whether cxx-rust-cssparser-parse contains anything the plugin loads at runtime; its control fields (51 kB, depends on libcxx-rust-cssparser1) indicate a standalone command-line program, which is why the dependency is reported only as minor.
  • The package was not built or tested; whether the cmake files left on non-amd64 would break a consumer's build is inferred from the exported targets, not observed.
  • Whether pkg-kde-tools' dh-sequence-kf6 pulls in extra-cmake-modules needed by find_package(ECM); package contents could not be listed with the available tools.
Proposed changes ◂

None.

Review Information

rejected — allocated to awm 20 days ago, started 20 days ago, completed 20 days ago.

Final Comment

Rejected at maintainer request.

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