Add Package#licence which attempts to read LICENCE file in pkg root and return its contents

Author: qount25

lib/pgpm/deb/builder.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def initialize(spec)
       end
 
       def build
+binding.break
         prepare
         generate_deb_src_files
         pull_image

lib/pgpm/deb/templates/copyright.erb

@@ -6,43 +6,4 @@ Upstream-Contact: <preferred name and address to reach the upstream project>
 Files:
  *
 Copyright:
- <years> <put author's name and email here>
- <years> <likewise for another author>
-License: <special license>
- <Put the license of the package here indented by 1 space>
- <This follows the format of Description: lines in control file>
- .
- <Including paragraphs>
-
-# If you want to use GPL v2 or later for the /debian/* files use
-# the following clauses, or change it to suit. Delete these two lines
-Files:
- debian/*
-Copyright:
- 2025 PGPM Debian maintainer <debian[email protected]>
-License: GPL-2+
- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
- .
- This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
- .
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
-Comment:
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
- Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
-
-# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
-# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
-# Please avoid picking licenses with terms that are more restrictive than the
-# packaged work, as it may make Debian's contributions unacceptable upstream.
-#
-# If you need, there are some extra license texts available in two places:
-#   /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/
-#   /usr/share/common-licenses/
-
+<%= slef.package.licence %>

lib/pgpm/package/metadata.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ def broken?
         requires.any?(&:broken?)
       end
 
+      def license
+        path = "#{self.source.to_s}"
+        ["LICENSE", "license", "License"].each do |fn|
+          if File.exist?("#{path}/#{fn}")
+            return File.read("#{path}/#{fn}")
+          end
+        end
+        nil
+      end
+
       module ClassMethods
         def extension_name
           self[:latest]&.extension_name

lib/pgpm/package/pgxn.rb

@@ -42,20 +42,15 @@ def description
       end
 
       def license
-        if provides_pgxn_meta_json?
-          lic = pgxn_meta_json["license"]
-          case lic
-          when Hash
-            lic.keys.join(" or ")
-          when Array
-            lic.join(" or ")
-          when String
-            lic
+        path = "#{self.source.to_s}"
+        ["LICENSE", "license", "License"].each do |fn|
+          if File.exist?("#{path}/#{fn}")
+            return File.read("#{path}/#{fn}")
           end
-        else
-          super
         end
+        nil
       end
+
     end
   end
 end

packages/timescale/timescaledb.rb

@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ def description
       "An open-source time-series SQL database optimized for fast ingest and complex queries"
     end
 
-    def license
-      "Timescale License"
-    end
-
     def build_steps
       [
         "./bootstrap -DPG_CONFIG=$PG_CONFIG #{bootstrap_flags.map { |f| "-D#{f}" }.join(" ")}",

packages/timescaledb.rb

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ def description
     "complex queries"
   end
 
-  def licence
-    "Timescale License"
-  end
-
   def summary
       "TimescaleDB is an open-source database designed to make SQL "        +
       "scalable for time-series data. It is engineered up from PostgreSQL " +
@@ -41,7 +37,6 @@ def build_info_for(os)
           "DESTDIR=$PGPM_BUILDROOT cmake --build build --target install"
         ]
       }
-    }
     end
   end