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Review: rust-base45 3.2.0-1

Package Information

DescriptionEncoder/decoder for base45 - Rust source code

Source code for Debianized Rust crate "base45"

MaintainerDebian Rust Maintainers <pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>
Changed BySteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Sponsormoeller@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf.git [src/base45] (browse)
Closes#1151161
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rust-base45
Uploaded21 days ago

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Sourcerust-base45
Version3.2.0-1
Changed-BySteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateSat, 17 Oct 2026 18:10:14 +0200
Changelog◂ 
rust-base45 (3.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial release (Closes: #1151161).
   * Package base45 3.2.0 from crates.io using debcargo 2.8.4
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Package-Listlibrust-base45-dev deb rust optional arch=any
Sectionrust
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
debian/copyright◂ 
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: base45
Upstream-Contact: Rickard Natt och Dag <rickard@nattochdag.dev>
Source: https://github.com/opendevtools/base45

Files: *
Copyright:
 2021-2026 Rickard Natt och Dag <rickard@nattochdag.dev>
License: Expat

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2026 Debian Rust Maintainers <pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>
 2026 Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
License: Expat

License: Expat
 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.

DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 0 blocker, 0 important, 0 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 rust-base45 version 3.2.0-1

Summary

  • Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: Yes
  • Packaging is of good quality: Yes
  • Issues: 0 blocker, 0 important, 0 minor
  • debian/watch: version 5
  • debian/copyright: machine-readable
  • Scan before the review: nothing found

Licensing

debian/copyright is DEP-5 (correct Format URL) with a Files: * stanza for all upstream files naming Rickard Natt och Dag and Expat, and a debian/* stanza naming the Debian Rust Maintainers and Steffen Moeller. Upstream Cargo.toml/Cargo.toml.orig declare license = "MIT", whose text is exactly the Expat text reproduced in the file; the full licence text is included, as Expat is not in /usr/share/common-licenses. The tree contains no third-party or vendored code, no built artefacts, and no non-free terms.

Packaging

Standard debcargo packaging: debhelper compat 13 with dh-sequence-cargo, correct Build-Depends/Build-Depends-Arch (dh-cargo 34 provides dh-sequence-cargo; rustc/libstd-rust-dev 1.97.1 exist), a single librust-base45-dev package with Multi-Arch: same and the usual versioned Provides. The one patch has a DEP-3 header, matches the orig tarball and removes only the criterion/rand dev-dependencies and [[bench]] target. Autopkgtests cover default, std, unsafe, no-default and all-features; changelog, Standards-Version (4.7.4 against Policy 4.7.4.1), Vcs-* and upstream metadata are all in order.

Issues

None.

Verified ◂
  • All 15 upstream files enumerated (Cargo.toml, Cargo.toml.orig, Cargo.lock, .cargo_vcs_info.json, .gitignore, .releaserc, CHANGELOG.md, README.md, .github/workflows/{pr_check,release}.yml, benches/bench.rs, src/{lib,alphabet,encode,decode,tests}.rs); all are covered by the Files: * Expat stanza, and no other copyright holder appears anywhere in them.
  • The pre-scan's author check reported no missing holder and listed no built or unlicensed file, so there was nothing further to account for.
  • debian/copyright is DEP-5; the Expat paragraph reproduces the licence verbatim, and both Files stanzas (*, then the more specific debian/*) are ordered per copyright-format's last-match rule.
  • Upstream declares MIT in Cargo.toml/Cargo.toml.orig and ships no LICENSE file; EXpat/MIT are the same licence, so the stanza is accurate.
  • debian/patches/remove-benchmark-dependencies.patch applies to the orig tarball's Cargo.toml (checked the tarball member), which still contains [[bench]] and the criterion/rand dev-dependencies; the patched tree has them removed and autobenches = false, so benches/bench.rs is not a build target and its absent dependencies do not affect build or tests.
  • debian/rules override dh_auto_test -- test --all is interpreted by dh-cargo's cargo.pm test sub as cargo test --all (the leading test selects the test action and is shifted off).
  • debian/tests/control @ in Depends and Features is a valid autopkgtest placeholder for the source package's binaries (autopkgtest spec, Depends field); the three --no-default-features tests are restricted to !riscv64, which is debcargo's template.
  • debian/copyright.debcargo.hint is the uninstalled debcargo template; it falls under the debian/* stanza and is not shipped in the binary package.
  • Standards-Version 4.7.4 against Policy 4.7.4.1 (same first two components); debhelper compat 13 substvar handling is satisfied by the declared ${misc:Depends}.
  • debian/control, rules, changelog, source/format, patches/series, tests/control and upstream/metadata were read in full; the tree was also grepped for every copyright/licence marker named in the method.
  • uscan found the packaged version as the newest upstream release (upstream 3.2.0, packaged 3.2.0).
Not confirmed ◂

None.

Proposed changes ◂

None.

Uploader's response to the LLM review

The uploader was emailed about the review 19 days ago.

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 19 days ago, started 19 days ago, completed 19 days ago.

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