Review: xapian-bindings 1.5.1-2
New Package Report
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| Architecture | source all amd64 |
|---|---|
| Distribution | experimental |
| Date | Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:29:01 +1300 |
| Source | xapian-bindings |
| Version | 1.5.1-2 |
| Changed-By | Olly Betts |
Changelog
xapian-bindings (1.5.1-2) experimental; urgency=medium
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* debian/rules: Update XAPIAN_VERSION_CEILING calculation for new upstream
release numbering scheme.
* Strip out support for Python 2 packages since Xapian 2.x has dropped
support.
* libxapian-perl: Package Perl bindings
- New patch: perl-fix-pod-tests.patch.dsc
| Package-List | libxapian-java deb java optional arch=all libxapian-java-doc deb doc optional arch=all libxapian-jni deb java optional arch=any libxapian-perl deb perl optional arch=any python3-xapian deb python optional arch=any ruby-xapian deb ruby optional arch=any tclxapian deb interpreters optional arch=any |
|---|---|
| Section | java |
| Priority | optional |
| Component | main |
debian/copyright
This is the Debian package of the Xapian language bindings. This
package was originally created and maintained by Richard Boulton
<richard@tartarus.org>. It is currently maintained by Olly Betts
<olly@survex.com>.
It was downloaded from https://xapian.org/download
Upstream Authors:
Olly Betts <olly@survex.com>
James Aylett <tartarus@users.sourceforge.net>
BrightStation PLC
Ananova Ltd
Michael Schlenker
Technology Concepts & Design, Inc.
Networked Knowledge Systems, Inc.
Richard Boulton
Lemur Consulting Ltd
Kosei Moriyama
Xiaona Han
Dan Colish
Assem Chelli
Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2002-2026 Olly Betts
Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004,2005 James Aylett
Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Ananova Ltd
Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 BrightStation PLC
Copyright (C) 2004 Michael Schlenker
Copyright (C) 2006 Networked Knowledge Systems, Inc.
Copyright (C) 2007,2008,2010,2011 Richard Boulton
Copyright (C) 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 Lemur Consulting Ltd
Copyright (C) 2009 Kosei Moriyama
Copyright (C) 2011 Xiaona Han
Copyright (C) 2012 Dan Colish
Copyright (C) 2014 Assem Chelli
This program 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 program 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.
See /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 for the full text of the GNU GPL.
The Java example code in the java/docs/examples/ subdirectory bear the
following licence notice:
Copyright (c) 2003, Technology Concepts & Design, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2011,2017 Olly Betts
All rights reserved.
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 Technology Concepts & Design, Inc. nor the names of its
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.
The file m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4 is licensed as follows:
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, 2024 Jörn Heusipp <osmanx@problemloesungsmaschine.de>
Copyright (c) 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024 Olly Betts
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
warranty.
The Debian packaging is licensed under the MIT/X licence:
Copyright (C) 2004,2005,2006 Lemur Consulting Ltd
Copyright (C) 2006-2026 Olly Betts
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
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sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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IN THE SOFTWARE.
Review Information
accepted — allocated to awm 9 days ago, started 9 days ago, completed 9 days ago.
Final Comment
Hi Olly,
If you could see your way to converting that copyright file into a DEP-5
syntax it would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Public Notes
9 days ago
● public
Search for authors
Command: ag -i 'copyright .* (by|rights|reserved)[. ]' | sed -e 's/^.*Copyright //i' -e 's/\(20\|19\)[0-9][0-9][, -]*//g' -e 's/[., ]*ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.*$//i' | sort -i | uniq -i
Exit code: 0
(c) Google Inc.; contributed by Alexey Sokolov <sokolov@google.com>
9 days ago
● public
Lintian
Command: lintian -Iiv -L '>=warning' --show-overrides --color=never ../$(basename $PWD)_*.changes
Exit code: 0
N:
W: python3-xapian: embedded-javascript-library please use sphinx [usr/share/doc/python3-xapian/html/_static/doctools.js]
N:
N: This package contains an embedded copy of JavaScript libraries that are
N: now available in their own packages (for example, JQuery, Prototype,
N: Mochikit or "Cropper"). Please depend on the appropriate package and
N: symlink the library into the appropriate location.
N:
N: Please refer to Embedded code copies (Section 4.13) in the Debian Policy
N: Manual for details.
N:
N: Visibility: warning
N: Show-Always: no
N: Check: languages/javascript/embedded
N:
N:
W: python3-xapian: embedded-javascript-library please use sphinx [usr/share/doc/python3-xapian/html/_static/language_data.js]
N:
W: python3-xapian: embedded-javascript-library please use sphinx [usr/share/doc/python3-xapian/html/_static/searchtools.js]
N:
W: xapian-bindings source: obsolete-debian-watch-file-standard 3 [debian/watch]
N:
N: The version= line in the debian/watch file in this package declares an
N: obsolete version. Please upgrade to more current version.
N:
N: Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.
N:
N: Visibility: warning
N: Show-Always: no
N: Check: debian/watch/standard
N:
N:
W: libxapian-java: unknown-java-class-version org/xapian/BB2Weight.class -> 69 [usr/share/java/xapian-1.5.1.jar]
N:
N: The package contains a Jar file with Java class files compiled for an
N: unknown Java version. The class file may be corrupt.
N:
N: Visibility: warning
N: Show-Always: no
N: Check: languages/java
N:
9 days ago
● public
Licenserecon
Command: lrc -s
Exit code: 1
en: Versions: licenserecon '12.0' licensecheck '3.3.9-1'
Parsing Source Tree ....
Reading d/copyright ....
Invalid DEP-5 header in debian/copyright
Failed to process debian/copyright