Hi packagers,
I have a package that failed rpmlint's incorrect-fsf-address check. I filed an issue with upstream to fix it, and included a patch & pull request. Upstream has since accepted the pull request and merged the fix onto their master branch, but has not yet made a new release that includes the fix. Should I:
1) Follow strictly the "don't patch the LICENSE file", ignore the rpmlint error, and wait for a new upstream release
or
2) Patch the LICENSE file, generating a patch off master using git-format-patch now that upstream has indeed fixed the address
Thanks!
~link
"LD" == Link Dupont link@sub-pop.net writes:
LD> 1) Follow strictly the "don't patch the LICENSE file", ignore the LD> rpmlint error, and wait for a new upstream release
You really shouldn't mess with the upstream license information without a good reason. The rpmlint complaint is something you let your upstream know about and then proceed to ignore, not something you want to try and patch.
- J<
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