Missing copyright warning in source uploads should be clearer

Bug #230654 reported by Celso Providelo
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

The upload warning raised when a 'debian/copyright' file wasn't found in the uploaded source package is not clear enough. It simply says "No copyright file found." which is sort of misleading when the upload is mixed, for instance.

A clearer warning would be "debian/copyright not found in the uploaded source." (or something brighter if possible, ask distro-team).

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Celso Providelo (cprov) wrote :

While there we could also take the opportunity to highlight the warnings included in the acceptance message, so developers would be able to easily spot them in the $distro-changes ML. Although, I'm not sure it's directly related to this bug, just a suggestion.

Revision history for this message
Celso Providelo (cprov) wrote :

Matt confirmed that it would be nice to have the "Upload warnings" section moved to the top of the message, so let's do it.

Changed in soyuz:
status: New → Confirmed
Celso Providelo (cprov)
Changed in soyuz:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad:
importance: Medium → Low
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