Review: zint 2.16.0-1
Package Information
| Description | command line utility to encode data in barcode symbols Zint is a barcode encoding and image generating library. It currently features support for over 50 symbologies including Australian Post 4-state codes (redirect, reply-paid, routing, standard customer), Aztec Code (ISO 24778), Aztec Runes, Channel code, Codabar, Code 11, Code 128 (ISO 15417), Code 16k, Code 2 of 5 (Data Logic, IATA, Industrial, Interleaved, Matrix), Code 32 (Italian Pharmacode), Code 39 (ISO 16388), Code 39 Extended, Code 49, Code 93, Code One, Databar (Expanded, Expanded Stacked, Limited, Stacked Omnidirectional), Data Matrix (ISO 16022), Deutsche Post (Identicode, Leitcode), Dutch Post KIX, EAN-14, European Article Number (EAN), Facing Identification Mark (FIM), Flattermarken, Grid Matrix, ITF-14, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), Japanese Postal Barcode, Korean Postal Barcode, LOGMARS, Maxicode (ISO 16023), MicroPDF417 (ISO 24728), Micro QR Code, MSI Plessey, NVE-18, PDF417 (ISO 15438), Pharmacode (2-track, Zentralnummer (PZN)), PLANET, Postnet, QR Code (ISO 18004), Royal Mail 4-state Barcode, Telepen, Telepen Numeric, UK Plessey, Universal Product Code (UPC-A, UPC-E), USPS Intelligent Mail as well as HIBC. Also included are Unicode translation for symbologies which support Latin-1 and Kanji character sets, full GS1 data support including verification and automated insertion of FNC1 characters and support for encoding binary data including NULL (ASCII 0) characters. This package contains Zint Barcode Generator (command-line utility). |
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| Maintainer | Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org> |
| Changed By | Jakob Haufe <sur5r@debian.org> |
| Sponsor | sur5r@debian.org |
| Distribution | unstable |
| Architecture | any |
| VCS | git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/zint.git (browse) |
| Closes | #1127060 |
| Popcon Installs | 434 |
| Binary NEW | Yes (binary-only upload) |
| Tracker | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zint |
| Uploaded | 5 hours ago |
New Package Report
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| Date | Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:11:28 +0200 |
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| Source | zint |
| Version | 2.16.0-1 |
| Changed-By | Jakob Haufe |
| Architecture | source amd64 |
| Distribution | unstable |
Changelog
zint (2.16.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium . * New upstream version (Closes: #1127060, #1133754)
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| Package-List | libzint-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any libzint2.16 deb libs optional arch=any zint deb graphics optional arch=any zint-qt deb graphics optional arch=any |
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| Section | libdevel |
| Priority | optional |
| Component | main |
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Zint Barcode Generator
Upstream-Contact: Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
Source: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/
Files: *
Copyright:
2002-2005 ActiveState Corporation
1999-2000 Ajuba Solutions
2008 BogDan Vatra <bogdan@licentia.eu>
2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
2006-2017 Kentaro Fukuchi <kentaro@fukuchi.org>
2006-2018 Robin Stuart and others.
2008-2025 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
License: GPL-3+
Files:
backend/*
backend_tcl/*
Copyright:
2004 (Grandzebu)
1997 AIM
2004 Adrian Kennard, Andrews & Arnold Ltd
2004 Cliff Hones
2004 Grandzebu
2016 Harald Oehlmann
2014 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sourceforge.net>
2006 Kentaro Fukuchi <fukuchi@megaui.net>
2006-2017 Kentaro Fukuchi <kentaro@fukuchi.org>
2007-2025 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
2006 Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
2004-2019 Terry Burton
2009 U.S. Postal Service
2006 United States Postal Service
2016 Zoe Stuart
License: BSD-3-Clause~project
Comment:
Files
backend/composite.c
backend/rss.c
backend/tools/gen_pwr928_table.php
have the following paragraph of legalese:
The functions "getBit", "init928" and "encode928" are copyright BSI and are
released with permission under the following terms:
.
"Copyright subsists in all BSI publications. BSI also holds the copyright, in the
UK, of the international standardisation bodies. Except as
permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 no extract may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any
means - electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise - without prior written
permission from BSI.
.
"This does not preclude the free use, in the course of implementing the standard,
of necessary details such as symbols, and size, type or grade designations. If these
details are to be used for any other purpose than implementation then the prior
written permission of BSI must be obtained."
.
The date of publication for these functions is 31 May 2006
Files:
backend/fonts/normal_ttf.h
backend/fonts/normal_woff2.h
Copyright:
2013 Steve Matteson
License: Apache-2.0
Files:
backend/fonts/upcean_ttf.h
backend/fonts/upcean_woff2.h
Copyright:
2011 Matthew Skala
License: Metafont-deriv
You may freely use, modify, and/or distribute any of these files or the
resulting fonts, without limitation.
Files:
backend/common.c
Copyright:
2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
2008-2017 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
License: BSD-3-Clause~project and MIT
Files:
backend/gridmtx.c
Copyright:
2009-2017 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
Project Nayuki
License: BSD-3-Clause~project and MIT
Files:
getopt/*
Copyright:
1987-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc
License: GPL-2+
Files:
backend_tcl/tclconfig/install-sh
Copyright:
1994 X Consortium
License: MIT-X11
Files:
backend/tools/data/*
Copyright:
2015-2022 Unicode®, Inc
License: Unicode-ToU
Comment:
backend/tools/data/BIG5.TXT incorporated into backend/big5.h ?
backend/tools/data/SHIFTJIS.TXT incorporated into backend/sjis.h ?
Files:
backend/tools/data/GB2312.TXT*
Copyright:
1991-1999 Unicode, Inc
License: Unicode-data
Comment:
backend/tools/data/KSX1001.TXT incorporated into backend/ksx1001.h ?
Files:
backend/fonts/OCRB-16.bdf
backend/fonts/OCRB-18.bdf
Copyright:
2011 Matthew Skala
License: METAFONT-permissive
As far as the digitization in METAFONT input which I have developed, you
may freely use, modify, and/or distribute any of these files or the
resulting fonts, without limitation.
Comment:
(Information from "backend/font.h", citing README from
"http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/ocr-b.zip").
Files: debian/*
Copyright:
2013-2025 Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org>
License: GPL-3+
License: BSD-3-Clause~project
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License: GPL-2+
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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License: GPL-3+
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