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rust-actix 0.13.5+ds-1

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DescriptionActor framework for Rust - Rust source code

Source code for Debianized Rust crate "actix"

MaintainerDebian Rust Maintainers <pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>
Changed ByJeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Sponsorjbicha@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf.git [src/actix] (browse)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rust-actix
Uploaded3 hours ago

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Changed-ByJeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateFri, 23 Oct 2026 14:35:57 +0200
Sourcerust-actix
Version0.13.5+ds-1
Changelog◂ 
rust-actix (0.13.5+ds-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Package actix 0.13.5 from crates.io using debcargo 2.8.4
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Sectionrust
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listlibrust-actix-dev deb rust optional arch=any
debian/copyright◂ 
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: actix
Upstream-Contact: Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>
Source: https://github.com/actix/actix
Files-Excluded:
 examples/mock.rs
 examples/ring.rs
 examples/weak_addr.rs
 examples/weak_recipient.rs
Comment: These examples don't build

Files: *
Copyright: 2017-2026 Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>
 2017-2026 Actix Team
License: MIT or Apache-2.0

Files: src/address/queue.rs
Copyright: 2010-2011 Dmitry Vyukov. All rights reserved.
License: BSD-2-clause

Files: debian/*
Copyright:
 2026 Debian Rust Maintainers <pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>
 2026 Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
License: MIT or Apache-2.0

License: Apache-2.0
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DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 0 blocker, 1 important, 0 minor

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DFSG NEW review for rust-actix version 0.13.5+ds-1

Summary

  • Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: Yes
  • Packaging is of good quality: No
  • Issues: 0 blocker, 1 important, 0 minor
  • debian/watch: version 5
  • debian/copyright: machine-readable
  • Scan before the review: nothing found

Licensing

The crate is dual-licensed MIT OR Apache-2.0 (Cargo.toml license, top-level LICENSE-MIT/LICENSE-APACHE), and debian/copyright is machine-readable DEP-5 with a Files: * MIT-or-Apache-2.0 catch-all, a BSD-2-clause stanza for src/address/queue.rs (Dmitry Vyukov's lock-free queue, header matches the BSD-2-clause text given), and a debian/* stanza. The prescan found every copyright holder it detected is named in debian/copyright. Full licence texts are present (Apache-2.0 and BSD-2-clause), MIT is reproduced in full. Files-Excluded (mock.rs, ring.rs, weak_addr.rs, weak_recipient.rs) match the debcargo.toml excludes and are not referenced by the remaining Cargo.toml example table. No non-free terms, no built/minified blobs, no embedded third-party code beyond the attributed Vyukov queue.

Packaging

On the whole packaging is competent (compat 13, current Standards-Version 4.7.4, format 3.0 quilt, single patch, comprehensive autopkgtests, standard debcargo layout), but the dev-dependency doc-comment is missing from Build-Depends-Arch although src/lib.rs uses doc_comment::doctest!("../README.md") under #[cfg(doctest)]. Since the default build runs the doctest pass (which requires the dev-dependency), the archive build will fail to compile the doctests, so the package needs a fix before upload.

Issues

1. [important] [packaging] dev-dependency doc-comment missing from Build-Depends-Arch

  • Files: debian/control Build-Depends-Arch, src/lib.rs:30, Cargo.toml.orig dev-dependencies
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: src/lib.rs:30 #[cfg(doctest)] doc_comment::doctest!("../README.md");; Cargo.toml.orig [dev-dependencies] doc-comment = "0.3"; debian/control Build-Depends-Arch lists all other deps but not librust-doc-comment, while debian/tests/control lists librust-doc-comment-0.3+default-dev in every Depends.
  • Problem: doc-comment is a real dev-dependency referenced in the crate source and is needed to build and run the doctests that cargo test runs during the default (non-nocheck) build. It is present for autopkgtests but absent from Build-Depends, so the archive build's test phase will fail (cannot resolve crate doc_comment), breaking the build on the buildds.
  • Fix: Add librust-doc-comment-0.3+default-dev <!nocheck> to Build-Depends-Arch.

Verified

  • debian/copyright is machine-readable DEP-5 with a valid Format line; Files: * MIT-or-Apache-2.0 catch-all, queue.rs BSD-2-clause stanza matching Vyukov header, debian/* stanza, and complete standalone License texts for MIT/BSD-2-clause plus common-licenses pointer for Apache-2.0.
  • The prescan's holder check reported every found holder is named in debian/copyright.
  • Files-Excluded names (examples/mock.rs, ring.rs, weak_addr.rs, weak_recipient.rs) are absent from the tree and are not referenced in Cargo.toml's example table; disable-examples.patch disables the weak_* examples in Cargo.toml.
  • Cargo.toml declares license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0" matching debian/copyright; no non-free terms present.
  • Standards-Version 4.7.4 matches current Policy 4.7.4.1; debhelper-compat 13; format 3.0 (quilt); single local patch with From/Date/Subject headers.
  • debian/copyright has no Format-line defect (exact 1.0 URL) and valid /usr/share/common-licenses pointer.
  • Licensing reviewed via Cargo.toml, LICENSE-APACHE, LICENSE-MIT, queue.rs header and licence-headers grep across src/examples/tests; no built, minified or binary files found in the tree.
  • uscan found the packaged version as the newest upstream release (upstream 0.13.5, packaged 0.13.5+ds).
  • Every pointer of debian/copyright to /usr/share/common-licenses names a file that is there (Apache-2.0).

Not confirmed

  • Whether dismembering the example table to [[disabled.example]] triggers a cargo warning is unverified; it cannot fail the build.
  • Package build failure from the missing doc-comment dep is inferred from the doctest phase needing the dev-dependency rather than observed (package cannot be built here).

Proposed changes

None.

Uploader's response to the LLM review

The bot declares that the build will fail, but this package builds fine with sbuild targeting unstable.

— Jeremy Bícha (jbicha), 1 hour ago

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