Bug#472199: Any progress on the licensecheck machine-readable output front?

[Francesco Poli]

Hi Jonas,
I've just discovered /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5, thanks to a reply
from Vincent Cheng [1].

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/08/msg00367.html

As soon as I noticed that licensecheck2dep5 is part of the
cdbs package, I wondered why it was not part of devscripts (which looks
like the most obvious package where this tool should be shipped).
Even better, I think it should be integrated as a possible output
format for licensecheck itself...

Then I found out that I am not the only one with this opinion.
In bug #472199 (I am Cc:ing its e-mail address), a number of different
people asked for this feature to be implemented in licensecheck and you
stepped in, expressing the intention to integrate this capability into
licensecheck.
This sounds really great! Thanks a lot!

Unfortunately there seems to be no visible progress since August 2010...
Is there any well-hidden progress, by chance?!?

I am afraid that my Perl knowledge is just a smattering and it is
rusty, too... As a consequence, I will probably not be able to help
much with the implementation.
But I may help with some testing and feedback, if you are interested.

Please let me know.
Thanks for your time!


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