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Bug#970517: Bug#970517: openjdk-11 (and openjdk-14 as well): copyright file does not specify the correct source

 

On 9/17/20 10:14 PM, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Package: openjdk-11-jdk
> Version: 11.0.8+10-1
> Severity: serious
> 
> Justification: violates a "must" directive in policy section 12.5.
> 
> The current /usr/share/doc/openjdk-*/copyright files incorrectly
> states that the upstream source is from download.java.net; that has
> not been the case for a long time.

updating that for the next upload.

> The copyright information is also very out of date.
> 
> It seems that all of the legal files have already been collected in
> /usr/share/doc/openjdk-14-doc/legal (pointing to /usr/lib/jvm);
> presumably it would be possible to refer to this directory in the
> copyright file?

no, debian policy requires this to be a copy, unless it's one of the common
licenses. Needs updating, but not yet for the next upload.


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