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  • 2.5.3
    Release 2.5.3 into unstable
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:53:51 +0200
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.5.3
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 474590 574689 580427 584280 607399 613604 617901 617959 622149 624434 629308 633779 634112 634191 636994 637590 637595 637596 637649 637741 637793 637819 638411 639018 639144 639177 639292 639367 639430 639516 639735 639923 639928 639946 640131 640149 640186 640211 640228 640238 640366 640371 640489 640694 640705 640834 640853 640856 640921 640947 640962
    Changes:
     lintian (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "Another 51 bites the dust.  169 left to go." release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - boilerplate-copyright-format-uri
           - control-file-is-not-a-file
           - comma-separated-files-in-dep5-copyright
           - copyright-has-crs
           - debian-copyright-is-symlink
           - depends-on-packaging-dev
           - dh_installmanpages-is-obsolete
           - missing-field-in-dep5-copyright
           - missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright
           - missing-license-text-in-dep5-copyright
           - no-debian-copyright
           - obsolete-field-in-dep5-copyright
           - out-of-date-copyright-format-uri
           - package-contains-no-arch-dependent-files
           - perl-module-uses-perl4-libs-without-dep
           - readme-debian-contains-invalid-email-address
           - script-uses-perl4-libs-without-dep
           - syntax-error-in-dep5-copyright
           - unknown-copyright-format-uri
           - unknown-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright
           - unused-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright
           - unversioned-copyright-format-uri
           - vim-addon-within-vim-runtime-path
           - wiki-copyright-format-uri
         + Removed:
           - debian-changelog-file-contains-debmake-default-email-address
           - readme-debian-contains-debmake-default-email-address
           - script-calls-init-script-directly
     .
       * checks/*:
         + [NT] Dropped fields from Needs-Info, it is no longer needed.
         + [JW] Use LC_ALL rather than LANG, since LC_ALL overrules
           LANG.  (Closes: #637595)
         + [JW] Removed all whitespace lines to avoid confusing some
           dctrl parsers (notably grep-dctrl).  (Closes: #639928)
         + [JW] Fix a number of broken references in the tag
           descriptions.  (Closes: #639923)
         + [JW] Rewrote Debian Bug references using #nnnnnn notation.
       * checks/binaries.desc:
         + [NT] Remove the reference to the Library Packaging Guide,
           since it is no longer available (in Debian).  (Closes: #640228)
       * checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
         + [JW] Remove debmake-specific tag in favour of more general
           debian-changelog-file-contains-invalid-email-address.
           (Closes: #639946)
         + [JW,NT] Fixed use of uninitialized value as hash key.
           (Closes: #640238)
         + [NT] Mention that the missing native changelog tag can, in
           some cases, be emitted if it does not look like a Debian
           changelog.
       * checks/{conffile,etcfiles}{,.desc}:
         + [JW] Merged etcfiles into conffile.  (Closes: #637590)
       * checks/conffile:
         + [NT] Skip all checks if "conffiles" is a symlink.
       * checks/control-files{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Check that all members of the control.tar.gz are either
           regular files or directories.
       * checks/copyright-file{,.desc}:
         + [JW] Check for CRLF line endings in copyright files.
           (Closes: #634191)
         + [JW] Extended helper-templates-in-copyright and ensure it is
           only emitted once per package.
       * checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Recognise /usr/share/R/debian/r-cran.mk as a cdbs-based
           build.  This prevents false-positive "unneeded cdbs" warning.
         + [JW] Check for use of the obsolete dh_installmanpages debhelper
           program.  Thanks to Joey Hess for the report.  (Closes: #634112).
       * checks/debian-readme{,.desc}:
         + [JW] Replace debmake-specific tag with more general
           readme-debian-contains-invalid-email-address.
       * checks/description.desc:
         + [JW] Added references to some tags.  (Closes: #640853)
       * checks/duplicate-files{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Replace the exception for "__init__.py" files by excluding
           all empty files from the check.  The bug (#632789) only requests
           an exception for "empty __init__.py" files and generally empty
           files are unlikely to cause a serious size-waste.
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Mention that perl modules included in perl itself should
           be the first dependency if it is only included in the perl
           from experimental.  Thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for the
           report and the patch.  (Closes: #637793)
         + [NT] Warn about (build)depending/recommending on packaging-dev.
           Thanks to Luk Claes for the report and the initial patch.
           (Closes: #629308)
         + [NT] Also emit bad-homepage if the Homepage URL does not seem to
           be using a known protocol (for homepages).  (Closes: #580427)
         + [JW] Bumped the severity of "no-human-maintainers", since it is
           now a Policy "must" directive.  (Closes: #640856)
         + [JW,NT] If superfluous-clutter-in-homepage has been emitted,
           ignore the surrounding "<>" for the rest of the homepage checks.
           (Closes: #640947)
         + [NT] Added check for Build-Depending on libdbX.Y-dev (and related
           packages.  Most packages should be able to use unversioned -dev
           packages.  Thanks to Ondřej Surý for the report and the initial
           tag description.  (Closes: #624434)
       * checks/{filename-length,rules}.desc:
         + [NT] Improved the descriptions of some tags.  (Closes: #639018)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Added exceptions to "extra-license-file" for manpages,
           static libraries, .pc-, elf and pyshared-data-files.  This
           covers all the false-positives currently found in the liblicense
           package.  (Closes: #617901)
         + [NT] Ignore non-ELF files in multiarch paths, when checking for
           a missing pre-depends on multiarch-support.  Thanks to Sven
           Joachim for the report.  (Closes: #639735)
         + [NT] Added check for packages that only ships files in /usr/share
           and are not marked "Architecture: all".  Thanks to Evgeni Golov,
           Carl Fürstenberg and Jari Aalto for the suggestions.
           (Closes: #574689)
         + [JW] Do not emit third-party-package-in-python-dir for packages built
           from python{,3}-{stdlib-extensions,profiler,old-doctools} sources.
           Add reference to Python Policy in the tag description.
           (Closes: #640211)
         + [JW] Add check for Vim addons installing files into a directory
           within Vim runtime path.  (Closes: #640371)
         + [NT] Added check for Perl modules using perl4 libs without depending
           on libperl4-core-libs-perl.  Thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for the
           initial patch.
       * checks/menus.desc:
         + [NT] Added reference to the doc-base manual to help people
           find the list of valid doc-base sections.  (Closes: #584280)
       * checks/patch-systems:
         + [NT] Use lsdiff to determine if a patch modifies the debian dir as
           it is more accurate than diffstat for this.  (Closes: #640131)
       * checks/rules:
         + [NT] Do a simple and minimal variable tracking.  In very simple
           cases, it can determine which targets a variable contains (when
           the variable is used as a target).  (Closes: #638411)
       * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Remove script-calls-init-script-directly.  (Closes: #617959)
         + [NT] Added check for Perl scripts using perl4 libs without depending
           on libperl4-core-libs-perl.  Thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for the
           initial patch.  (Closes: #636994)
       * checks/shared-libs{,.desc}:
         + [JW] Fixed a typo in a tag description.  (Closes: #639177)
         + [NT] Do not emit shlib-calls-exit for libraries that have an
           INTERP section.  (Closes: #607399)
       * checks/source-copyright{,.desc}:
         + [JW] Added check for DEP-5 copyright files.  (Closes: #633779)
       * checks/standards-version:
         + [NT] Made the ancient-standards-version independent of the
           system time.
       * checks/version-substvars{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Also emit the any-depends-all tag if the ">=" relation is
           used.  Thanks to Konstantinos Margaritis and Cyril Brulebois for
           the report and the research.  (Closes: #639144)
     .
       * collection/fields{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Removed, no longer used.
       * collection/changelog-file:
         + [NT] Double check changelogs that does not explicitly contains
           "debian" in the filename.  This should avoid a myriad of syntax
           error tags in some cases (such as perl), where the Debian
           changelog is not present and there is an upstream changelog.
     .
       * data/fields/archive-sections:
         + [NT] Fixed a typo in "otherosfs" section name.  Thanks to
           Stefan Potyra for the report.  (Closes: #637596)
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [NT] Refreshed against sid and now includes packages starting
           with "fonts-" as well.  Thanks to Paul Wise for the patches.
           (Closes: #622149)
       * data/output/ftp-master-{,non}fatal:
         + [NT] Refreshed.
       * data/output/manual-references:
         + [JW] Refreshed.
       * data/rules/known-makefiles:
         + [JW] Added Makefiles from (the future) dpkg.  (Closes: #640921)
       * data/spelling/corrections{,-multiword}:
         + [NT] Added some corrections for "remove" etc.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for spotting those.
         + [JW,NT] Added more corrections.
           (Closes: #639367, #640149, #613604)
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [NT] (Build-)Depends on patchutils for lsdiff.
       * debian/copyright:
         + [NT] Added Jakub Wilk to maintainers.
       * debian/rules:
         + [JW] Use LC_ALL rather than LANG, since LC_ALL overrules
           LANG.
     .
       * doc/lintian.xml:
         + [NT] Removed duplicate "allowed to" in same sentence.
         + [NT] Added a paragraph on some of the constrains in design
           of Lintian.
       * doc/lintianrc.example:
         + [NT] Add an example on how to enable "--quiet" via lintianrc.
       * doc/README.developers:
         + [NT] New file.  Thanks to Jeremiah C. Foster for the initial
           contribution.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [NT] Lintian now mentions if overrides may have been ignored.
           This happens if a package contains an override for a tag
           that has been marked "non-overridable" by the current vendor
           profile.
         + [NT] Mention ".changes" as a valid file type in the "unknown
           file" error.  Thanks to Michael Gilbert for the report and
           the patch.   (Closes: #639430)
         + [NT] Always display a given tag if requested with --tags
           or --tags-from-file.  Previously, pedantic and experimental
           tags were not shown unless the relevant options were also
           passed.
         + [JW,NT] Fixed a regression where --check-part ignored display
           settings (such as --display-info).  (Closes: #640694)
         + [NT] If both --verbose and --quiet is used together, then use
           the last of them to appear rather than "both at the same time".
           (Closes: #640366)
         + [NT] Accept --quiet in lintianrc as "quiet".  This option may
           not be used together with "verbose" in the config file.
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Check.pm:
         + [NT] Catch "Name <Name <Email>>" as a malformed email address.
           (Closes: #640489)
         + [JW] Catch misspellings of the "Debian QA Group" maintainer
           email (used for orphaned packages).  (Closes: #640834)
       * lib/Lintian/Collect.pm:
         + [JW,NT] Create the source field from the package field if the
           former is not present.  This fixes a number of false-positves
           introduced in 2.5.2.  (Closes: #640186)
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Source.pm:
         + [NT] Removed a requirement for fields that was not needed.
         + [NT] Fixed "index" method for source packages.
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Package.pm:
         + [JW,NT] Replace use of fail with croak.  (Closes: #637741)
       * lib/Lintian/Output.pm:
         + [NT] Merged "quiet" and "verbose" into "verbosity_level".
       * lib/Lintian/Profile.pm:
         + [NT] Reject profiles containing an unknown field.
       * lib/Lintian/Tag/Info.pm:
         + [JW] Create links for references pointing to files in html
           output.
         + [JW] Parse "#nnnnnn" references as links to Debian bugs.
       * lib/Lintian/Tag/Override.pm:
         + [NT] New file.
       * lib/Lintian/Tags.pm:
         + [NT] Track which tags had overrides that have been dropped.
         + [NT,RG] Collect override comments and print the comments
           above the overridden tag (with --show-overrides).  Thanks
           to Carl Fürstenberg for the report.  (Closes: #474590)
         + [NT] Remove the "respect-display-level" code.  It is not as
           useful as intended.
       * lib/Text_utils.pm:
         + [NT] Close <p>-tags in dtml_to_html since the output is used
           in xhtml (xml), where all tags must be closed properly.
           (Closes: #639292)
         + [NT] Remove the last new line (if any) before a </pre> in tag
           to reduce the empty space to the next paragraph.
       * lib/Util.pm:
         + [JW] Use LC_ALL rather than LANG, since LC_ALL overrules
           LANG.
         + [JW] Stricten the DCtrl parser to choke on some syntax errors
           that were silently ignored.  (Closes: #639516)
     .
       * man/lintian.pod.in:
         + [JW] Fixed some stray POD markup.  (Closes: #640705)
         + [JW,NT] Clarified that --tags and --tags-from-file ignores
           display settings.
         + [NT] Documented how lintian behaves if --quiet is used together
           with --verbose or --debug.
         + [NT] Documented how --verbose and --quiet can be enabled via
           the config file.  Only one of "verbose" and "quiet" may
           appear in the config file.
     .
       * profiles/debian/ftp-master-auto-reject.profile:
         + [NT] Refreshed to include udeb-uses-non-gzip-data-tarball.
     .
       * private/*:
         + [JW] Use LC_ALL rather than LANG, since LC_ALL overrules
           LANG.
       * private/refresh-manual-refs:
         + [NT] Remove code to refresh refs to the Library Packaging
           Guide.
         + [JW] Added the java-policy and fixed the lintian ref.
         + [JW] Don't strip newlines from titles, but treat them as regular
           whitespace characters.
         + [JW] Strip some superfluous HTML markup from titles.
     .
       * reporting/{config,html_reports,templates/foot.tmpl}:
         + [NT] Added a link to the Lintian source code.
       * reporting/harness:
         + [NT] Added missing import statement.
       * reporting/html_reports:
         + [JW,NT] Create a gzip'ed version of the raw lintian.log.
           (Closes: #637819)
       * reporting/templates/head.tmpl:
         + [NT] Show the list of all tags in the page header.  Thanks to
           Arno Töll for the suggestion and the patch.  (Closes: #640962)
       * reporting/templates/index.tmpl:
         + [NT] Added link to the new gzip'ed lintian.log.
     .
       * t/*:
         + [JW,NT] Fixed test failures caused by unpacking the source
           with a umask different from 0022.  (Closes: #637649)
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  • 2.5.2
    Release 2.5.2 into unstable
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:35:47 +0200
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.5.2
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 217023 536364 617905 620289 620418 624201 624521 630698 630925 631432 631513 631530 631656 631662 631674 631711 631763 631786 631872 632115 632159 632550 632556 632693 632789 632883 633044 633853 633976 634222 634874 635354 635441 635447 635495 636354 636681 637259
    Changes:
     lintian (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - debian-rules-uses-deprecated-makefile
           - debian-rules-uses-or-modifies-user-only-variable
           - duplicate-changelog-files
           - package-has-long-file-name
           - source-package-component-has-long-file-name
           - udeb-uses-non-gzip-data-tarball
           - upstart-job-in-etc-init.d-not-registered-via-update-rc.d
         + Removed:
           - calls-suidperl-directly
           - suid-perl-script-but-no-perl-suid-dep
     .
       * checks/*:
         + [NT] Migrated to use new methods in the Lintian::Collect
           interfaces rather than accessing the Lab directly.
         + [NT] Removed "fields" from Needs-Info.
       * checks/{debconf,conffiles}.desc:
         + [NT] Added missing bin-pkg-control Needs-Info.
       * checks/{cruft,fields}{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Relocated doc pkg not arch all tag; it was never
           triggered since cruft was a source check and the tag
           could only be triggered for binary packages.
       * checks/binaries:
         + [NT] Added lib/${MULTIARCH_DIR} to the list of paths to
           check for public shared libraries.  Thanks to Sven Joachim
           for the report and the patch.  (Closes: #630698)
         + [NT] Recognise .gox files as object files that cannot be
           stripped.  Thanks to Matthias Klose for the report.
           (Closes: #624521)
         + [NT] Do not assume that the architecture field is present.
         + [NT] Emit "arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share" and
           "binary-in-etc" also for static compiled files.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the report and the patch.  (Closes: #635354)
         + [NT] Fixed false-negative for rpath, if the rpath included
           the multi-arch dir.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk for the report and
           the patch.  (Closes: #637259)
       * checks/changelog-file:
         + [NT] Removed exception for symlinked changelogs if the
           package had an Ubuntu version.  This exception is now
           handled by the profile.  Thanks to Benjamin Drung for the
           heads up.
       * checks/circular-deps.desc:
         + [NT] Fixed typo; thanks to Nicolás Alvarez for the report
           and patch.  (Closes: #630925)
       * checks/control-files:
         + [NT] Refactored static tables into data-files.
       * checks/copyright-file:
         + [NT] Stricten one of the regexes for catching left over
           helper templates.  This should prevent false-positives for
           some license texts.  Thanks to Charles Plessy for the
           report.  (Closes: #631674)
         + [NT] Use group data to determine if a package is foreign
           or not for symlinked /usr/share/doc/<pkg> dirs.  This
           avoids the need for symlinks between packages in the
           lab.
       * checks/deb-format{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Allow data.tar.xz as the third member.  Thanks to
           Ansgar Burchardt for the report and patch.
           (Closes: #632556)
         + [NT] Added test for udebs having non-gzip data members,
           since the debian-installer does not support them.  Thanks
           to Luk Claes.  (Closes: #634874)
       * checks/debhelper:
         + [NT] Do not trigger deprecation warning for dh_python if it
           is followed by a "$".  This prevents false-positives when
           a Makefile variable is used to choose between dh_python2
           and dh_python3.  Thanks to Leonid Borisenko for the report.
           (Closes: #631662)
         + [NT] Do not trigger deprecation warning for dh_python-ply,
           which Lintian incorrectly identified as dh_python.  Thanks
           to Daniele Tricoli for the report.  (Closes: #632693)
         + [NT] Fix a broken regex that caused Lintian skip brace
           expansion checks for some debhelper files.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the report and the patch.  (Closes: #632883)
         + [NT] Do not consider "debian/debhelper" a temporary debhelper
           file.  Some packages uses this a directory to store their
           debhelper files.
       * checks/debian-source-dir{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Added missing word in the tag description for
           git-patches-not-exported.
         + [NT] Fixed information disclosure issue, where Lintian could
           be tricked into disclosing the present of files on the host
           system via specially crafted source packages.
       * checks/duplicate-files:
         + [NT] Exclude  __init__.py files from the check as they are
           required even if they are empty.  Thanks to Daniele Tricoli
           for the report.  (Closes: #632789)
         + [NT] Report duplicate changelogs as a separate tag.
       * checks/fields:
         + [NT] Refactored to use Lintian::Data and use new data files
           from data/fields.
         + [NT] Added python3-dev and rmeoved python2.{4,5} from
           $PYTHON_DEV.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk for the report and the
           patch.  (Closes: #633044)
         + [NT] Fixed a bug where the libdb1-compat tag only triggered
           if libdb1-compat was listed in Pre-Depends.
         + [NT] Updated list of python "dev" packages.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the patch.
       * checks/filename-length{,.desc}:
         + [NT] New file that checks the length of the package file
           names.  (Closes: #631656)
       * checks/files:
         + [NT] Check for embedded copies of the underscore javascript
           library.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk for report and the patch.
           (Closes: #631513)
         + [NT] Removed a leading slash from the filename part of the
           extra for python-debug-in-wrong-location.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the report and the patch.  (Closes: #631530)
         + [NT] Accepted patch from Marcelo Jorge Vieira to catch
           four additional embedded javascript libraries.
           (Closes: #635447)
         + [NT] Stricten the regex for finding .xvpics dirs.
         + [NT] Shipping a lintian override is no longer enough to
           make lintian consider the package for "non-empty".
       * checks/init.d{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Provide a separate tag for upstart-jobs not registered
           via update-rc.d in postinst.  This allows vendors (such as
           Ubuntu) to disable this tag for upstart-jobs only using the
           new vendor profiles.  While this would break overrides, all
           existing overrides appears to be for normal scripts rather
           than upstart-jobs.  (Closes: #631872)
       * checks/java{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Jar files containing clojure files are no longer
           considered to be codeless.
         + [NT] Exclude jar files in /usr/lib/xul{-ext,runner} from the
           "jar-not-in-usr-share" check.  (Closes: #635495)
         + [NT] Fixed a typo in a tag description.
       * checks/menu-format.desc:
         + [NT] Mentioned how to git rid of the CR characters in the
           desktop file.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk.
       * checks/nmu:
         + [NT] "LowThresholdNMU" will now work as an alternative to
           "NMU" in changelogs for suppressing
           changelog-should-mention-nmu.  Thanks to Jordi Mallach for
           the report.  (Closes: #620418)
       * checks/po-debconf:
         + [NT] Allow po-files with an "@modifier", which works with
           debconf (>= 1.5.34).  (Closes: #617905)
       * checks/rules:
         + [NT] Check included files in d/rules against a limited
           number of common makefile snippets, which are known not
           to implement all the required targets.  This prevents
           false negatives of missing targets.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the suggestion and the initial makefile
           list.  (Closes: #631711)
         + [NT] Warn about including the CDBS simple-patchsys and dpatch
           as they are both deprecated by source format 3.0 (quilt).
           Thanks to Nelson A. de Oliveira for reporting and Luk Claes
           for providing an initial patch.  (Closes: #624201)
         + [NT] Added check for using DEB_*FLAGS_{SET,APPEND} in d/rules.
           Thanks to Raphaël Hertzog for the report.  (Closes: #631786)
       * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Removed perl-suid related tags as the package is no
           longer available and we have no known packages triggering
           the tags at the moment.  (Closes: #631432)
         + [NT] Added perl6/rakudo as a known interpreter.  Thanks to
           Alessandro Ghedini for the report and patch.  (Closes: #636354)
       * checks/shared-libs{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Fixed broken sentence.  Thanks to Norbert Preining for
           reporting the issue.
         + [NT] Applied patch from Peter Pentchev to correct the logic for
           testing for shlib-calls-exit.  (Closes: #633976)
         + [NT] Mention that some of the tags may be triggered due to the
           debhelper bug #204975.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk for the report.
           (Closes: #633853)
       * checks/symlinks:
         + [NT] Symlink checking extended to relative paths as well.
           (Closes: #217023)
     .
       * collection/*:
         + [NT] Removed all Needs-Info on "fields" and all checks that
           used the "fields" dir (or files therein) to determine if the
           scripts had been called in the wrong dir.
       * collection/diffstat:
         + [NT] No longer unconditionally creates a diffstat file,
           since the Lintian::Collect interface will fall back to
           using /dev/null in its absence.
       * collection/fields:
         + [NT] Removed creation of cross package symlinks.  They have
           been replaced by the group information that checks are
           passed.
         + [NT] Deprecated it in favour of a smarter Lintian::Collect.
           It will be removed in a later release; for now it will just
           remove the "fields" directory in the lab.
       * collection/file-info:
         + [NT] Double check the output of file(1) when it says a ".gz"
           file is not gzip compressed.  This should reduce the number
           of false-positives gz-file-not-gzip tags.
           (Closes: #620289)
         + [NT] Open files before using chdir.  In the future unpacked
           may be a symlink.
       * collection/index{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Updated to handle source packages and with support for
           multi tarball source packages.
     .
       * data/control-files/{,u}deb-permissions:
         + [NT] Added files.
       * data/fields/*:
         + [NT] Added new files based on data variables from checks/fields.
       * data/fields/obsolete-packages:
         + [NT] Added ligdigest-sha1-perl on request of the Perl Team.
           Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the report and patch.
           (Closes: #635441)
       * data/fields/perl-provides:
         + [NT] Refreshed against perl 5.12.4.
       * data/files/standard-files:
         + [NT] Added file.
       * data/rules/{deprecated,known}-makefiles:
         + [NT] Added file.
       * data/spelling/corrections:
         + [RA] Remove discontiguous correction.  The OED lists this as valid.
           Thanks, Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #632159)
         + [NT] Added another correction for "specification".  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the hint.  (Closes: #634222)
         + [NT] Added another correction for "development" and "misspelt".
           Thanks to Pino Toscano and Jakub Wilk for the suggestion.
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [NT] Bumped debhelper version to 8.1.0 due to the build-arch and
           build-indep targets.  Thanks to Mark Hymers for the heads up and
           a patch.  (Closes: #632550)
         + [NT] Added Build-Depends on cdbs, it is needed for some of the
           tests.
         + [NT] Pruned the Uploaders list a bit.  We would like to thank
           Jeroen van Wolffelaar, Frank Lichtenheld and Marc 'HE'
           Brockschmidt for their work on Lintian in the past.
       * debian/lintian.install:
         + [NT] Added the profiles directory.
       * debian/rules:
         + [NT] Added target to update the profiles.
     .
       * doc/lintian.xml:
         + [NT] Added information about the new Vendor profiles.
         + [NT] Improved various parts of the User Manual.  Especially
           mention that Lintian can be run on changes files and this
           processes all packages related to the changes file.
       * doc/lintianrc.example:
         + [NT] Added more sample options.
     .
       * frontend/{lintian,lintian-info}:
         + [NT] Added profile support (new option --profile), please
           refer to the Lintian User Manual for more information.
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [NT] Ensure that all dependency collections of a check are
           loaded.  Previously Lintian would only load direct
           dependencies of a collection and assume that was enough.
         + [NT] Allow "verbose" to appear in the lintianrc file.
         + [NT] Added new "--packages-from-file" option.  Lintian will
           read packages from the file (one package per line) and process
           these.  Unlike "--packages-file" it allows its argument to be
           "-" for stdin and the format is simpler.
         + [NT] Deprecated "--packages-file" in favour of the new
           "--packages-from-file" option.
         + [NT] Allow "y" as short form of "yes" in the configuration file.
           Furthermore, ignore case when doing the check for boolean
           values.
     .
       * lib/Lab.pm:
         + [NT] Removed $dist argument to lab creation, since we rely on
           LINTIAN_DIST being exported anyway.
         + [NT] Allow temporary labs to contain the same package twice if
           the version or/and architecture differs.  (Closes: #632115)
       * lib/Lab/Package.pm:
         + [NT] Symlink in all components of the source package when
           creating the source entry in the lab.  Also removed legacy
           code for using the old unpack scripts.
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/{Binary,Source}.pm:
         + [NT] Refactored code from these files into the module
           Lintian::Collect::Package.
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Package.pm:
         + [NT] New file.  This serves as a base for Lintian::Collect
           modules that can be unpacked.
       * lib/Lintian/Command.pm:
         + [NT] Added support for appending output to files without
           truncating them first via the new out_append and
           err_append options.
       * lib/Lintian/Data.pm:
         + [NT] Let new take an optional fourth argument, a code sub,
           that can be used to pre-process the value.
       * lib/Lintian/{Internal/FrontendUtil,Profile}.pm:
         + [NT] New files.
       * lib/Lintian/ProcessablePool.pm:
         + [NT] Made the pool consider two packages with the same name
           as duplicates even if their version or architecture differs,
           when the underlying Lab does not support this run.  This
           causes lintian to drop one of the packages rather than ending
           up with an internal error.
       * lib/Lintian/{Tag/Info,Tags}.pm:
         + [NT] Updated for profile support.
       * lib/Read_pkglists.pm:
         + [NT] Merged the binary and udeb format since they were
           essentially the same.  Old udeb files can still be parsed
           as binary ones.
     .
       * man/lintian.pod.in:
         + [NT] Documented the new --profile option.  Note that the
           options --suppress-tags{,-from-file} now supresses tags
           in the active profile.
         + [NT] Removed all refereces to "unpack-level".  All unpack
           levels have been replaced by collections.
         + [NT] Clarified that some command-line arguments are only
           useful when using a static lintian lab.
         + [NT] Described the configuration file format.  Thanks to
           Sven Joachim for the report.  (Closes: #636681)
       * man/lintian-info.pod:
         + [NT] Documented the new --profile option.
     .
       * profiles/*:
         + [NT] Added default profiles for Debian and Ubuntu.  Note
           that these profiles will silently ignore overrides for
           "fatal" (non-overridable) tags.  (Closes: #536364)
     .
       * reporting/harness:
         + [NT] Use --packages-from-file instead of --packages-file.
       * reporting/{html_reports,templates/index.tmpl}:
         + [NT] Always emit a page for tags, even if they are not emitted.
           It will also include a link to the entire list of known tags.
           (Closes: #631763)
       * reporting/templates/{tag-not-seen,tags-all}.tmpl:
         + [NT] New files.
     .
       * unpack/list-binpkg:
         + [NT] Added a -u option to make it fetch udebs insteaad of
           regular binaries.  This and the udeb/bin format merge makes
           list-udebpkg obsolete.
       * unpack/list-udebpkg:
         + [NT] Removed in favour of list-binpkg.
       * unpack/unpack-srcpkg-l1:
         + [NT] Removed in favour of the collection system.
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  • 2.5.1
    Release 2.5.1 into unstable
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:05:28 +0200
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.5.1
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 460350 496902 541978 588831 598412 605012 614876 616493 616553 625886 626476 626587 626597 626775 627082 627431 628673 628754 629056 629189 629193 629288 629453 629648 630164 630560
    Changes:
     lintian (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - bad-perm-for-file-in-etc-sudoers.d
           - debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
           - dh_pycentral-is-obsolete
           - dh_python-is-obsolete
           - illegal-multi-arch-value
           - non-empty-dependency_libs-in-la-file
         + Removed:
           - uses-dh-python-with-no-pycompat
           - ldconfig-symlink-before-shlib-in-deb
     .
       * checks/binaries:
         + [NT] Applied patch from Paul Wise to detect binaries embeddeding
           glee, glew and libtheora.  (Closes: #629288)
         + [NT] Also consider multiarch dirs when looking for public shared
           libraries.  (Closes: #630164)
       * checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Recognise that dh_python and dh_pycentral are now obsolete.
           (Closes: #496902, #541978)
       * checks/changes-file:
         + [NT] Always verify the checksums of changes-files.
       * checks/copyright-file:
         + [NT] Extended current dh_make template checks.  Thanks to
           Nelson A. de Oliveira for the patch.  (Closes: #598412)
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Allow "all" and "any" to appear together in the Architecture
           field of a .dsc file.  (Closes: #626775)
         + [NT] Added illegal-multi-arch-value.  (Closes: #616493)
       * checks/files:
         + [NT] Fixed two misnamed udeb tags, which lead to an internal
           error if triggered.  Thanks to Guillem Jover for the report.
           (Closes: #628754)
         + [NT] Added bad-perm-for-file-in-etc-sudoers.d tag.
           (Closes: #588831)
         + [CW] Do not issue missing-pre-dependency-on-multiarch-support for
           udebs.
         + [NT] Limit missing-pre-dependency-on-multiarch-support to real
           files only.  Previously it would also check symlinks.
           (Closes: #629648)
       * checks/java{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Sort the jar files by name, so they are checked in the same
           order.
         + [NT] Improved the description of classpath-contains-relative-path.
           (Closes: #629189)
         + [NT] Reduced false-positives of classpath-contains-relative-path.
           Relative classpaths are now okay if they point to jar files in
           /usr/share/java (but not subdirs thereof) and there is a strong
           libX-java dependency.  Alternatively if the classpath points to
           a file or a symlink in the package itself, then it is also okay.
         + [NT] Allow maven plugins to be without classpaths.
           (Closes: #629056)
       * checks/manpages.desc:
         + [ADB] Don't suggest using debmake's output as a reference.  The
           package is not even in oldstable any more.
       * checks/md5sums.desc:
         + [ADB] Drop references to obsolete debstd.  Thanks to Steve Langasek
           for the pointer.
       * checks/rules:
         + [NT] Removed code for handling packages with dh_python.
         + [NT] Fixed the code for determining Build-Depends for python
           packages.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk for the patch.
           (Closes: #614876, #616553)
         + [NT] Applied patch from Roger Leigh to implement the check for
           rules files missing the build-arch and build-indep targets.
           (Closes: #605012)
       * checks/shared-libs{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Added non-empty-dependency_libs-in-la-file.  (Closes: #628673)
         + [NT] Removed ldconfig-symlink-before-shlib-in-deb.
     .
       * collection/java:
         + [NT] Fixed a regex that would accept any file ending with "jar" to
           be a jar file rather than only accepting ".jar".  This fixes a
           number of false-positives java checks.
       * collection/unpacked:
         + [NT] Added support for unpacking source packages using libdpkg-perl,
           instead of dpkg-source, if the latter is not present.
           (Closes: #626476)
     .
       * data/binaries/multiarch-dirs:
         + [NT] New file - maps architectures to multiarch dirs.
       * data/fields/{perl-provides,virtual-packages}:
         + [NT] Refreshed.  (Closes: #627082, #627431)
       * data/output/ftp-master-*:
         + [NT] Refreshed.
       * data/shared-libs/ldconfig-dirs:
         + [NT] Updated ldconfig path for i386 multiarch paths.  Thanks to
           Raphaël Hertzog for the reminder.
       * data/spelling/corrections-multiword:
         + [CW] Remove the "requires to" correction; it has too many common
           false positives, especially involving relative clauses.
           (Closes: #625886)
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [NT] (Build-)Dependency changes.
           - xz-lzma is now preferred to lzma as Build-Dependency
           - Added depends on libdpkg-perl
           - Reduced dpkg-dev to a suggests, we can use libdpkg-perl as
             fallback.
           - Explicitly depends on bzip2 to always support bz2 source packages.
           - Added xz-utils as suggests - needed for .xz source packages.
     .
       * doc/lintian.xml:
         + [NT] Clarify that the package type is not listed in the output for
           binary packages.  (Closes: #629193)
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [NT] Allow some options to be put into the lintianrc file.
           (Closes: #460350)
         + [NT] Added --no-cfg option that can be specified if no config
           file should be read.
         + [NT] Deprecated --checksums (also known as --md5sums and -m).
           Lintian will now always verify the checksums in changes files.
           The options will be accepted with a warning for now, but may
           be removed in a later release.  (Closes: #629453)
         + [NT] Fixed an issue where fail was called before it was
           available.  Thanks to Toby Corkindale for the report.
           (Closes: #630560, LP: #797553)
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Tag/Info.pm:
         + [NT] Output the name of the check and the type of the check
           along with the description of the tag.
       * lib/Lintian/Tags.pm:
         + [NT] Fixed a flaw in logic that gave incorrect results for
           architecture dependent overrides.  Thanks to Andreas Beckmann for
           the report and the patch.  (Closes: #626587)
     .
       * man/lintian.pod.in:
         + [NT] Mentioned that --checksums and aliases are deprecated.
     .
       * unpack/list-srcpkg:
         + [ADB] Don't rely on the order of fields in the Sources file.  The
           files produced by the Debian archive no longer follow the order
           which the code previously assumed, and we shouldn't assume that
           the order won't change again in the future.  (Closes: #626597)
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  • 2.5.0
    Release 2.5.0
  • 2.5.0-rc3
    Release 2.5.0~rc3
  • 2.5.0-rc2
    Release 2.5.0~rc2
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:25:09 +0200
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.5.0~rc2
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 614906 615072 616403 616505 617227 617266 617816 618921 619287 619290 619487
    Changes:
     lintian (2.5.0~rc2) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       Uploading to unstable.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - unknown-multi-arch-value
           - package-needs-versioned-debhelper-build-depends
         + Removed:
           - old-versioned-python-dependency
     .
       * checks/binaries:
         + [ADB] Update binary-from-other-architecture's tests in line with the
           changes to filename output introduced in 2.5.0~rc1.
           (Closes: #614906)
       * checks/changes-file.desc:
         + [NT] Added oneiric as valid Ubuntu distribution.  Thanks to Benjamin
           Drung for the patch.  (Closes: #617227)
       * checks/deb-format:
         + [NT] Removed assumption that there was always a changelog in a binary
           with a data.tar.lzma member.
       * checks/debhelper:
         + [NT] Reduced package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper to a
           pedantic tag.  It is now only emitted for debhelper compat levels of
           7 or less, since even oldstable ships with debhelper 7.
         + [NT] Added package-needs-versioned-debhelper-build-depends, which
           replaces package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper old
           task of warning if a missing versioned depends may lead to a build
           failure.  Currently this is only emitted for compat 8 (or higher).
         + [NT] Stopped emitting tags for using dh_* (and dh) if these scripts
           is in debhelper 7 (or earlier).
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Recognise Multi-Arch as a known binary field.  (Closes: #617816)
         + [NT] Fixed typo in a tag description.
         + [NT] Removed old-versioned-python-dependency per request of the
           Python team.  The tag was outdated and most instances of it was
           false positives.  Thanks to Piotr Ożarowski and Jakub Wilk for
           the report and clarification.  (Closes: #619487)
         + [NT] Accepted patch from Joachim Breitner to support new Haskell
           package naming scheme.
         + [NT] Added Built-Using as a known binary and udeb field.  This
           field is supported with dpkg 1.16.0.
       * checks/files:
         + [NT] Also check files in /etc/cron.d for dots in filenames.  Thanks
           to Thijs Kinkhorst for the report and patch.  (Closes: #615072)
         + [NT] Applied patch to also detect copies of CKEditor.  Thanks to
           Jeroen Dekkers for the report and the patch.  (Closes: #616505)
         + [NT] Fixed a regression in caused by inconsistent prefixes.
       * checks/huge-usr-share:
         + [NT] Removed assumption that there is always files in usr/share.
       * checks/menu-format:
         + [NT] Fixed an inconsistency in output of file names.  Thanks to
           أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) for the report.
           (Closes: #618921)
       * checks/menus:
         + [NT] Fixed check for special files that does not need to be
           registered with doc-base (e.g.  README.html).  Thanks to
           Tanguy Ortolo for the report.  (Closes: #617266)
         + [NT] Accepted patch from Joachim Breitner to support new Haskell
           package naming scheme.  (Closes: #616403)
       * checks/patch-systems.desc:
         + [NT] Reduced unneeded-build-dep-on-quilt to a pedantic tag,
           since some people keep the dependency on quilt to ease
           backporting for older releases.
     .
       * data/changelog-file/ubuntu-dists:
         + [NT] Added oneiric as valid Ubuntu distribution.  Thanks to Benjamin
           Drung for the patch.
       * data/common/source-fields:
         + [NT] Added 'package-list' field, which is emitted by dpkg 1.16.0.
       * data/spelling/corrections:
         + [NT] Added more misspellings.
     .
       * t/tests/shared-libs-la-files:
         + [NT] Fixed an issue where files would not be included in the tarball
           due to dpkg-source's exclude patterns.  (Closes: #619287)
       * t/tests/*:
         + [NT] Modified some versioned dependencies that the new dpkg will
           not consider valid from 1.16.0.  (Closes: #619290)
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  • 2.5.0-rc1
    Release 2.5.0~rc1
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:28:48 -0600
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.5.0~rc1
    Distribution: experimental
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 534940 576005 576012 576014 576283 582408 582767 582769 590723 591300 591316 591323 591331 592358 592491 592533 593397 593603 593832 593837 594254 595530 595941 596848 597990 598251 600866 600905 600906 602632 602655 603053 603800 604047 604167 605744 605844 606506 606933 607281 607502 607730 607731 608554 608810 608866 609153 610218 611349 611439 612137 612568
    Changes:
     lintian (2.5.0~rc1) experimental; urgency=low
     .
       The "welcome Niels Thykier!" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - build-depends-on-specific-java-doc-package
           - depends-on-specific-java-doc-package
           - unneeded-build-dep-on-quilt
           - description-synopsis-starts-with-article
           - needless-dependency-on-jre
           - temporary-debhelper-file
           - compressed-objects.inv
           - unused-build-dependency-on-cdbs
           - python-debug-in-wrong-location
           - debian-watch-contains-dh_make-template
           - missing-dependency-on-python-central
           - python-module-in-wrong-location
           - missing-dependency-on-python-support
           - package-installs-python-bytecode
           - debhelper-maintscript-needs-versioned-build-depends
         + Removed:
           - embedded-zlib (now in embedded-library)
           - embedded-libpng (now in embedded-library)
           - embedded-libjpeg (now in embedded-library)
           - embedded-libopenjpeg (now in embedded-library)
           - package-installs-python-pyc (replaced by
             package-installs-python-bytecode)
     .
       * checks/*:
         + [NT] Use the new pre-sorted file {index,info} when iterating over
           files.
         + [NT] All checks now report files without any "./" or "/" prefix.
           This may break existing overrides.  (Closes: #534940)
       * checks/binaries:
         + [RA] Exclude kfreebsd-kernel-di-{amd64,i386} from the
           embedded-zlib check since it's in the kernel.  (Closes: #593397)
         + [RG] Add swipl to the list of known interpreters.  (Closes: #591316)
         + [RG] Detect embedded copies of ftgl, t1lib, gl2ps, libgd2,
           ncurses, openssl (libcrypto), sqlite/3, libm, ltdl, curl, libmng,
           libmsn, libmikmod, libmysqlclient, and tinyxml.
         + [RG] Merge embedded-{zlib,lib{png,jpeg,openjpeg}} into
           embedded-library.
         + [RG] Find directories based on the file's type instead of file(1)'s
           unforgiving output.  Thanks, Gabriele Giacone.  (Closes: #597990)
       * checks/cruft{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Extended the diff-contains-substvars check to also catch files
           prefixed with a package name.
         + [NT] Corrected the description of diff-contains-$vcs-control-dir.
           It incorrectly assumed that -i worked for native packages.
           (Closes: #609153)
         + [NT] Moved the list of autotools packages into data/cruft/autotools.
         + [NT] Clarified that dpkg-source looks for <package>_<upstreamversion>
           and not <package>_<version> in the description of
           native-package-with-dash-version.  Thanks to Daniel Thomas for the
           report.  (Closes: #594254)
       * checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Fix dependency check for dh_nativejava, default-jdk has never
           provided dh_nativejava.  (Closes: #606506)
         + [NT] Added check for temporary debhelper files that ought to have
           been removed by dh_clean.  (Closes: #598251)
         + [NT] Added check for unused build dependency on cdbs.  Thanks to
           Jari Aalto for suggesting this.  (Closes: #582769)
         + [NT] Added check for incorrect debhelper version when using the
           maintscript feature from debhelper 8.1.0.
       * checks/debian-source-dir:
         + [NT] Added missing import of "Util" perl module.  Thanks to David
           Bremner for the patch.
       * checks/description{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Add a check for synopsis starting with articles.  Thanks to
           Nelson A. de Oliveira for the patch.  (Closes: #603053)
         + [NT] Fixed false positive description-contains-duplicated-word
           caused by Lintian ignoring quoted words.  Thanks to Gregor
           Herrmann for report.  (Closes: #590723)
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Added check for packages (build) depending on openjdk-X-doc or
           classpath-doc instead of the default-jdk-doc metapackage.
           (Closes: #593837)
         + [NT] Fixed spelling of metapackage in tag descriptions.
         + [NT] Added needless-dependency-on-jre tag.
         + [NT] Corrected Policy references for the uploader tags.  Thanks to
           David Prévot for spotting this issue and providing a patch.
           (Closes: #602632)
         + [NT] Fixed false positives for breaks-without-version.  The tag
           will no longer be emitted if the package listed in Breaks is also
           listed in Replaces.  Thanks to Modestas Vainius for the report.
           (Closes: #605744)
         + [NT] Clarified that old-versioned-python-dependency can also be
           triggered if dh_python2 is used and the package is missing
           ${python:Breaks}. Thanks to Piotr Ożarowski for the report.
           (Closes: #604167)
         + [RG] Mention the package's original area in
           wrong-section-according-to-package-name.  (Closes: #608554)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Fixed false-positive extra-license-file for license.ui files.
           Thanks to Jeremy Sanders for the report.  (Closes: #595941)
         + [NT] Added hurd-udeb to the list of packages allowed to ship
           unusual top-level directories.  Thanks to Samual Thibault for
           the patch.  (Closes: #591331)
         + [NT] Fixed spelling of metapackage in empty-binary-package tag
           description.  (Closes: #591300)
         + [NT] Fixed false-positive extra-license-file for games.  Instead
           of skipping PATH directories Lintian now ignores all executable
           files.  (Closes: #608866)
         + [NT] Added compressed-objects.inv tag to catch compressed
           objects.inv files in python documentation.  Thanks to
           Fladischer Michael for the report and a partial patch.
           (Closes: #608810)
         + [NT] Added check for misplaced python debug files.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the report.  (Closes: #576014)
         + [NT] Added check for missing dependency on python-central.
           Thanks to Jakub Wilk for the report.  (Closes: #592533)
         + [NT] Added check for misplaced Python modules.  Thanks to
           Jakub Wilk for the report.  (Closes: #576012)
         + [NT] Removed the "!= 0755" part from the out of the tag
           executable-is-not-world-readable, since there are other valid
           world readable file permissions.
         + [NT] Added check for missing dependency on python-support.
           Thanks to Jakub Wilk for the report.  (Closes: #592491)
         + [NT] Added check for packages installing Python eggs and
           __pycache__ directories.  Also extended existing Python bytecode
           check to include ".pyo" files.  Thanks to Piotr Ożarowski,
           Jakub Wilk and the people in #debian-python for the report and
           help with implementing this.  (Closes: #576005)
       * checks/init.d.desc:
         + [RG] Raise severity of init.d-script-starts-in-stop-runlevel.
           (Closes: #603800)
       * checks/manpages:
         + [NT] Fixed typo in locale name.  Thanks to Christoph Biedl for
           spotting this.  (Closes: #606933)
       * checks/menu-format.desc:
         + [CW] Fix several typos.
       * checks/menus.desc:
         + [RA] Rephrase doc-base-uses-applications-section to be clearer that
           its advice is to remove the "Applications/" part of the section.
       * checks/nmu:
         + [RG] Completely abort if debian/changelog is a symlink.
           (Closes: #582408)
       * checks/patch-systems{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Added check for new unneeded-build-dep-on-quilt.
           (Closes: #582767)
       * checks/rules:
         + [RG] Drop some checks for versioned dependencies that can now be
           satisfied in stable (squeeze).  Thanks, Cyril Brulebois.
           (Closes: #612137)
         + [RG] Correctly handle include directives preceded by a tab.
           (Closes: #607281)
         + [RG] Allow 'ocaml' as an alternative to 'ocaml-nox'.  Thanks,
           Ralf Treinen.  (Closes: #612568)
       * checks/scripts:
         + [NT] Added mscgen as interpreter.
       * checks/standards-version:
         + [RG] Correctly handle cases where debian/changelog is a symlink.
       * checks/watch-file{,.desc}:
         + [NT] Added check for dh_make(1) templates in the watch file.
           Thanks to Nelson A. de Oliveira for the report.  (Closes: #600866)
         + [RG] Document that relying on SourceForge's webpages for finding
           new versions is not recommended either.  (Closes: #593603)
     .
       * collection/objdump-info:
         + [RG] Support stricter parameter handling of objdump-info from
           binutils 2.21.  Thanks, Andreas Beckmann.
           (Closes: #604047, LP: #683347)
     .
       * data/changelog-file/ubuntu-dists:
         + [CW] Add natty as a valid Ubuntu distribution, and remove the EOLed
           intrepid and jaunty.  (Closes: #611439)
       * data/cruft/autotools:
         + [NT] Added the file which is a list of all packages that will
           suppress the {ancient,outdated}-autotools-helper-file tags.
           Currently this is manually updated.  This new list includes
           dh-autoreconf, thanks to Felix Geyer.  (Closes: #592358)
       * data/debhelper/*:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/debian-source-dir/known-files:
         + [NT] Added the file and included git-patches in it.  Thanks to
           Ron for the report and David Bremner for the initial patch.
           (Closes: #607502)
       * data/fields/essential:
         + [RG] Add hurd.  (Closes: #591323)
       * data/fields/obsolete-packages:
         + [NT] Added default-jdk-builddep.  See README.gcj-native-transition
           in java-common for the replacement.
       * data/fields/perl-provides:
         + [RG] Refresh against perl 5.10.1.
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [NT] Made tipa replace xfonts-tipa as font provider.
           (Closes: #595530)
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/locale-codes:
         + [RG] Refresh against isoquery 1.4.
       * data/shared-libs/ldconfig-dirs:
         + [NT] Removed the emul/ia32-linux directories as they are no longer
           used.  (Closes: #596848)
       * data/spelling/corrections:
         + [NT] Added more corrections.
       * data/spelling/corrections-case:
         + [NT] Added DocBook corrections.  Thanks to Jakub Wilk.
           (Closes: #611349)
       * data/spelling/corrections-multiword:
         + [NT] Added "allows to" and other similar misspellings.  Thanks
           to Matthew Paul Thomas for the report.  (LP: #608231)
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [RA] Add the build dependencies required to run the test suite
           during the build.  Many thanks to Niels Thykier for the investigative
           work to determine which packages are required.  (Closes: #593832)
         + [RA] Remove versions from dependencies when those versions are
           satisfied by oldstable (lenny).
         + [NT] Bump debhelper build dependency to 7.0.50~, since some tests
           depend on using dh7 with override targets.  (Closes: #607730)
         + [NT] Added Niels Thykier to uploaders.
         + [NT] Introduce (build) dependency on libemail-valid-perl.
         + [RG] Add a versioned build dependency on libtest-simple-perl or a
           recent Perl that has Test::More with subtests support.
       * debian/copyright:
         + [NT] Added Niels Thykier to maintainers.
       * debian/rules:
         + [RA] Run the test suite during the package build.
         + [NT] Replace dh_clean -k with dh_prep.
         + [NT] Add support for skipping the test suite per policy 4.9.1.
           Many thanks to David Bremner for the patch.
       * debian/compat:
         + [NT] Bump debhelper compat to 7.
       * debian/source/lintian-overrides:
         + [RG] Add overrides for quilt-related checks.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [NT] Ensure that Lintian always reaps processes it started before
           exiting.  In some cases these jobs would attempt to modify the
           lab while Lintian was trying to remove it.  Thanks to
           Andreas Beckmann for reporting this issue.  (Closes: #610218)
         + [NT] Sorted related options alphabetically.  Thanks to Jari Aalto
           for the initial patch.  (Closes: #600905)
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Check.pm:
         + [NT] Use Email::Valid to validate email addresses.
           (Closes: #602655)
         + [NT] Allow package names to be excluded from regular spelling
           checks.  They are still subject to multi word and case sensitive
           spelling checks.  Thanks to syq for the suggestion.
           (Closes: #576283)
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Binary.pm:
         + [NT] Pre-sort file index and file info to avoid sorting it
           repeatedly in the checks.  (Closes: #605844)
     .
       * man/*:
         + [NT] Rewrote the man pages in pod.  (Closes: #600906)
     .
       * t/runtests:
         + [RG] Run blackbox tests in parallel too.
       * t/tests/{rules-not-makefile,scripts-missing-dep}:
         + [NT] Added new tests.  (Closes: #607731)
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  • 2.4.3
    Release 2.4.3
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:50:45 -0700
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.4.3
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 575590 579964 580494 580767 582763 583555 583777 585657 586036 586816 587549 587837 588156 588896 589266
    Changes:
     lintian (2.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "Policy 3.9.1" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - embedded-library
         + Removed:
           - debian-news-entry-without-blank-line
           - dh_testversion-is-deprecated
     .
       * checks/binaries{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Detect embedded copies of expat, libbz2, libmagic, libxml2,
           pcre3, and tiff.
         + [RG] Recognise powerpcspe and sh4 ELF objects.
         + [RA] Warn that spelling-error-in-binary may produce false positives
           for words containing non-ASCII characters.  (See #588661)
       * checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] apt-listchanges has been fixed, so drop the check for NEWS
           files ending in a trailing blank line.  (Closes: #586816)
       * checks/control-files.desc:
         + [RA] Add references to Policy requirements added in 3.9.1.
       * checks/copyright-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Add examples for copyright-without-copyright-notice.  Based on
           a patch by Jari Aalto.  (Closes: #580767)
         + [RA] Remove exceptions for GPL v1, which is now in common-licenses
           and mentioned in Policy 3.9.1.
       * checks/cruft.desc:
         + [RA] Add some hints to the ancient-libtool long description on how
           to update the libtool files oneself.  (Closes: #580767)
       * checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
         + [RA] package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper can also
           trigger if the dependency is present but not tight enough.  Thanks,
           gregor herrmann.  (Closes: #588156)
         + [RA] Allow a tilde after the compatibility level in the debhelper
           dependency.  Thanks, Axel Beckert.  (Closes: #583777)
         + [RA] Remove dh_testversion-is-deprecated.  The command is no longer
           part of debhelper, so using it now just results in a build failure,
           and there are no instances in the archive.
       * checks/description.desc:
         + [RA] Downgrade description-too-long to minor severity to match bug
           reporting standards for formatting bugs.  (Closes: #587837)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Detect embedded copies of HTMLPurifier.
         + [RG] Detect embedded copies of the Strophe javascript library.
         + [RA] Add references to Policy requirements added in 3.9.1.
       * checks/patch-systems.desc:
         + [RA] Improve the more-than-one-patch-system long description to
           explicitly mention the case of packages that depend on dpatch but
           are in 3.0 (quilt) format and to provide more rationale for the
           tag.  Thanks, Robert Luberda.  (Closes: #585657)
       * checks/po-debconf:
         + [RA] Ignore comments in po/POTFILES.in.  (Closes: #586036)
       * checks/rules.desc:
         + [RA] Rephrase the debian-rules-calls-debhelper-in-odd-order long
           description to try to be clearer about the ordering requirements.
           (Closes: #579964)
       * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Improve python-script-but-no-python-dep tag description to be
           clearer about the requirement for a versioned dependency for
           versioned scripts and to mention ${python:Depends}, created by the
           various Python debhelper scripts.  (Closes: #575590, #582763)
         + [RA] Add runhaskell and runghc.  (Closes: #589266)
         + [RA] Add references to Policy requirements added in 3.9.1.
         + [RA] Allow kill -<signal> and kill and trap with signal numbers in
           /bin/sh scrips, now allowed by Policy 3.9.1.
     .
       * debian/changelog:
         + [RA] Fix Policy 3.9.0 reference in 2.4.2.  (Closes: #587549)
       * debian/control:
         + [RA] Update standards version to 3.9.1.
     .
       * data/output/manual-references:
         + [RA] Update for Policy 3.9.1.
       * data/standards-version/release-dates:
         + [RA] Add release date for Policy 3.9.1.
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Check.pm:
         + [RA] More correctly handle hyphenated words to avoid triggering
           spelling error false positives.  (Closes: #588896)
       * lib/Lintian/Relation.pm:
         + [RA] Don't require a package name component after a substvar to
           follow the rules of the beginning of a package name.  Fixes
           stronger-dependency-implies-weaker false positives containing
           substvars.  (Closes: #580494)
       * lib/Lintian/Schedule.pm:
         + [ADB] Import "warning" from Lintian::Output, really fixing the
           error caused by a non-existent file referenced in a .changes
           file.  (Closes: #583555, again)
     .
       * private/refresh-insserv-data:
         + [RG] Hardcode the '$all' virtual facility.
     .
       * reporting/html_reports:
         + [RA] Stop attempting to report unknown tags with a fake
           description.  This was failing with an error later, and the tag was
           probably removed from Lintian and is now erroneous.
     .
       * t/runtests:
         + [RA] Add support for skipping raw Debian package and source package
           tests.
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  • 2.4.2
    Release 2.4.2
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:08:59 -0700
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.4.2
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 575661 580082 580494 580700 581314 582353 582741 582804 583555 584743 586877 586984 587209
    Changes:
     lintian (2.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "Policy 3.9.0" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - arch-wildcard-in-binary-package
           - bad-provided-package-name
           - conflicts-with-version
           - copyright-refers-to-deprecated-bsd-license-file
           - init.d-script-depends-on-unknown-virtual-facility
           - team-upload-has-incorrect-version-number
           - xc-package-type-in-debian-control (pedantic)
         + Removed:
           - arch-any-in-binary-pkg (now in arch-wildcard-in-binary-package)
           - package-type-in-debian-control
     .
       * checks/changes-file.desc:
         + [RA] Add references for file-size-mismatch-in-changes-file and
           checksum-mismatch-in-changes-file.
       * checks/control-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Remove package-type-in-debian-control now that dpkg-dev handles
           it as desired by the d-i team.  xc-package-type-in-debian-control
           replaces it as a pedantic check to encourage switching to the
           official name.  Thanks, Raphael Hertzog.
         + [RA] Add reference for debian-control-with-duplicate-fields.
       * checks/copyright-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Deprecate references to /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD in
           debian/copyright following the change in Policy 3.8.5.
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Allow Breaks without a version if the broken package is a
           virtual package.
         + [RG] Check for invalid package names in provided (virtual)
           packages.
         + [RG] Exclude dash from the depends-on-essential-package checks, as
           per discusion in debian-devel.  (Closes: #587209)
         + [RA] Allow architecture wildcards in build relations and in the
           Architecture field of binary and source packages.  (Closes: #582804)
         + [RA] Rename arch-any-in-binary-pkg to arch-wildcard-in-binary-package
           and diagnose any architecture wildcard, not just "any".
         + [RA] Warn of using Conflicts with a version, which should normally
           be Breaks instead, but only at wild-guess certainty for now.
       * checks/huge-usr-share{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Count file size from the tar listing rather than using du.  The
           results of du vary based on file system and other factors and make
           the tag difficult to test.
       * checks/init.d{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Check for init.d scripts depending on unknown virtual
           facilities.
         + [RA] Remove checkroot from the list of scripts that should use a
           virtual dependency since $local_fs is not quite the same and some
           packages (cryptsetup) care about the difference.  (Closes: #580082)
       * checks/manpages{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Run man page checks using the en_US.UTF-8 locale now that we
           guarantee it exists.  Should hopefully fix occasional problems with
           col complaining about bad multibyte characters.  (Closes: #575661)
       * checks/menu-format.desc:
         + [RA] Fix typo in long description of duplicated-key-in-desktop-entry.
           Thanks, Niels Thykier.  (Closes: #580700)
       * checks/menus:
         + [RG] Recognise call to update-menus when using 'exec.'
         + [RA] Skip Haskell library documentation when warning about
           documentation not registered with doc-base.  Patch from Erik de
           Castro Lopo.  (Closes: #586877)
       * checks/nmu{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Recognize team uploads and do not treat them like NMUs.  Patch
           from Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #582741)
       * checks/rules.desc:
         + [RA] Add reference for debian-rules-makemaker-prefix-is-deprecated.
       * checks/scripts:
         + [RG] Correctly handle variables at the beginning of a call to
           dpkg-divert.  Thanks, Andreas Beckmann.  (Closes: #586984)
     .
       * collection/objdump-info:
         + [RG] Disable etch compatibility code.
       * collection/strings:
         + [RG] Correctly handle ELF binaries with whitespaces in their name.
           (LP: #540342)
     .
       * data/fields/architectures:
         + [RG] Refresh against dpkg 1.15.7.2.  (Closes: #581314, #584743)
       * data/fields/virtual-packages:
         + [RA] Update to current unstable and add the old xserver-xorg video
           and input virtual packages.
       * data/files/locale-codes:
         + [RG] Refresh to reflect change to private/refresh-locale-codes.
       * data/files/triplets:
         + [RG] Refresh against dpkg 1.15.7.2.
       * data/init.d/virtual_facilities
         + [RG] New list of virtual facilities that exist in the archive.
       * data/output/ftp-master-fatal:
         + [RA] Remove arch-any-in-binary-pkg.
       * data/output/manual-references:
         + [RA] Update against latest Debian Policy and devref.
       * data/spelling/corrections:
         + [RG] Add more spelling corrections.
       * data/spelling/corrections-case:
         + [RG] Add capitalization correction for OAuth.  (Closes: #582353)
       * data/standards-version/release-dates:
         + [RA] Add Debian Policy 3.9.0.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RA] Set a PATH of /bin:/usr/bin if PATH is completely unset.
           Thanks, Carsten Hey.
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Binary.pm:
         + [RG] Correctly handle ELF binaries with whitespaces in their name.
       * lib/Lintian/Relation.pm:
         + [RA] Rather than allowing only a package name or a substvar, allow
           substvars mixed into the package name.  (Closes: #580494)
       * lib/Lintian/Schedule.pm:
         + [ADB] Add missing "use Lintian::Output", required for the use of
           warning().  (Closes: #583555)
     .
       * private/refresh-insserv-data:
         + [RG] New script to collect insserv data from the archive.
       * private/refresh-locale-codes:
         + [RG] Print elements with values only once.
       * private/refresh-virtual-packages-data:
         + [RA] Fix handling of # Keep: lines to work correctly now that
           virtual packages mentioned only once are excluded.
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  • 2.4.1
    Release 2.4.1
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:44:35 -0500
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.4.1
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 579211
    Changes:
     lintian (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "there's always a hidden bug" release.
     .
       * checks/manpages:
         + [RG] Use "use" instead of "require" for Text::ParseWords and move
           it outside a loop.
     .
       * collection/debfiles:
         + [RG] Properly handle cases where debian is a symlink.
     .
       * data/spelling/corrections:
         + [RG] Add more spelling corrections.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RG] Remove finished processes from the processes hash to avoid
           trying to kill dead processes.
         + [ADB] Don't add the dependencies of the override-file check script
           to the list of checks to run if --no-override was specified.
           (Closes: #579211)
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  • 2.4.0
    Release 2.4.0
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:51:45 -0500
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.4.0
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 567949 575064 575073 575192 575363 575633 575879 576282 576581 576804 578776
    Changes:
     lintian (2.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "and this is just the beginning" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - embedded-libjpeg
           - embedded-libopenjpeg
           - embedded-libpng
     .
       * checks/binaries{,.desc}:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling()
         + [RG] Detect embedded copies of libpng, lib{,open}jpeg.
         + [RA] Suppress embedded-zlib if the zlib implementation is the Pascal
           version.  FPC doesn't support dynamic linking at this time, and this
           isn't the problem the tag was designed to catch.
       * checks/changelog-file:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling()
       * checks/changes-file{,.desc}:
         + [ADB] New check script for .changes file tests
         + [RA] Add maverick as a valid Ubuntu distribution.
         + [ADB] Recognise *-volatile as valid distributions.
       * checks/copyright-file:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling()
       * checks/deb-format.desc:
         + [RG] deb-format needs changelog-file.
       * checks/debconf.desc:
         + [RG] Add missing dependency on debfiles collection script.
       * checks/debian-readme:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling()
       * checks/debian-source-dir.desc:
         + [RA] Downgrade missing-debian-source-format to wishlist and tone
           down the long description a bit.
       * checks/description:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling{,_picky}()
       * checks/fields:
         + [RA] Add an exception for diffutils for depending on an essential
           package without a version, since diff was renamed to diffutils and
           depending on diffutils effectively is a versioned dependency.
           Thanks, Santiago Vila.  (Closes: #575073)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [RA] The simplepie class can begin with class[.-].  Patch from
           Marcelo Jorge Vieira (metal).  (Closes: #575879)
         + [RG] Fix typo in empty-binary-package's description.  Thanks,
           Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #576804)
         + [RG] Exclude udebs from empty-binary-package check.  Thanks,
           Vagrant Cascadian.  (Closes: #576581)
         + [RG] Also warn about bmp files in /usr/lib.  Thanks, Rene
           Engelhard.  (Closes: #578776)
       * checks/init.d:
         + [RA] Allow $all to satisfy a $remote_fs or $local_fs requirement for
           Required-Stop, since this has now been implemented.  Thanks, Michael
           Meskes.
         + [RA] Recognize negated file checks when checking for file sourcing
           without a test.  Thanks, Jérémie Corbier.  (Closes: #575363)
         + [ADB] Use == for numeric comparison.
       * checks/lintian.desc:
         + [ADB] Remove information about .changes-related tags, now included in
           checks/changes-file.desc
       * checks/manpages:
         + [ADB] Replace Spelling::spelling_check() call with the new
           Lintian::Check::check_spelling()
       * checks/menus:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling{,_picky}()
       * checks/nmu:
         + [RA] Skip leading changelog lines that do not begin with * when
           looking for things like non-maintainer upload notes at the start of
           the changelog entry.  Patch from Gunnar Wolf.  Thanks, Vincent
           Danjean.  (Closes: #575192)
       * checks/rules:
         + [RG] Warn about missing versioned build dependencies for
           ocaml-related packages.  (Closes: #567949)
       * checks/scripts:
         + [RA] Track local diversions like other diversions for the purposes
           of checking for orphans and diversions of unknown files.  Partly
           addresses #575361.
       * checks/watch-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Warn about use of dversionmangle instead of uversionmangle to
           handle tildes for upstream pre-releases.  Patch from Peter
           Eisentraut.  (Closes: #575064)
     .
       * collection/*.desc:
         + [RG] Remove now-unneeded Order keys.
     .
       * data/changelog-file/ubuntu-dists:
         + [RA] Add maverick as a valid Ubuntu distribution.  (Closes: #576282)
       * data/fields/virtual-packages:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/locale-codes:
         + [RG] Refresh to include ISO 639-3 codes.
       * data/output/ftp-master-{,non}fatal:
         + [RG] Refresh, without changes.
       * data/spelling/corrections{,-case,-multiword}:
         + [ADB] New files to contain the various types of spelling corrections
           made by Lintian's spelling checks.
         + [RG] Detect "pleaes" -> "please" typo.
         + [RG] Add more spelling corrections.
     .
       * doc/desc-files:
         + [ADB] Add "changes" as an acceptable type for collection and check
           scripts.
         + [RG] Document Sort and Output-Format fields of the tests' desc files.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [ADB] Add "changes" as a valid type for collection and check scripts
         + [ADB] Replace the special-cased parsing of .changes files with calls to
           unpack-changes-l1 and Lintian::Schedule::add_changes()
         + [ADB] Bump lab format to 10 for the addition of the "changes" lab
           directory
         + [ADB] Remove import of Lintian::Check which is no longer required after
           the .changes parsing code was removed
         + [RG] Support running collection and check scripts in parallel as soon
           as their prerequisites are satisfied.
       * frontend/lintian-info:
         + [ADB] Add support for .changes tags to --annotate
     .
       * lib/Lab.pm:
         + [ADB] Add a "changes" directory to the lab structure. For static labs,
           the directory is automatically added the first time a .changes-aware
           Lintian accesses the lab.
       * lib/Lintian/Check.pm:
         + [ADB] Add new check_spelling and check_spelling_picky methods, based on
           the spelling_check and spelling_check_picky methods from lib/Spelling.pm
           (renamed for consistency with check_maintainer).
       * lib/Lintian/Collect.pm:
         + [ADB] Add support for Lintian::Collect::Changes
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Binary.pm:
         + [ADB] The STACK element of objdump_info's result is a string not a
           number; treat it as such consistently
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Changes.pm:
         + [ADB] New module providing information about .changes files and the
           files referenced therein
       * lib/Lintian/Command.pm:
         + [RG] Add done() method to check whether a process can be reaped
           without blocking.
       * lib/Lintian/Command/Simple.pm:
         + [RG] New simple command interface which supports backgrounded
           commands and easier waiting on commands without the full features of
           Lintian::Command.
       * lib/Lintian/DepMap.pm:
         + [RG] New module to manipulate dependency maps.
       * lib/Lintian/DepMap/Properties.pm:
         + [RG] New subclass of Lintian::DepMap that allows properties to be
           associated with Lintian::DepMap nodes.
       * lib/Lintian/Schedule.pm:
         + [ADB] Add support for scheduling .changes files
         + [ADB] Fix an uninitialised value warning caused by .changes files by
           treating a missing Version: field as being empty
       * lib/Lintian/Tags.pm:
         + [ADB] Remove the special-casing of .changes files in the output from
           file_start()
         + [ADB] Don't refer to .changes files as "packages"
       * lib/Spelling.pm:
         + [ADB] Removed as its functionality has been replaced by new methods in
           Lintian::Check.
     .
       * man/lintian.1:
         + [ADB] Add changes-file to the list of check scripts.
     .
       * private/refresh-locale-codes:
         + [RG] Include ISO 639-3 codes.
       * private/refresh-virtual-packages-data:
         + [ADB] Use "==" for numeric comparison, not "eq".
       * private/update-coverage:
         + [ADB] Support .changes file tags
     .
       * t/runtests:
         + [ADB] Don't flag lintian output lines for .changes tags as invalid
         + [ADB] When checking the number of jobs to run in parallel, use "=="
           for numeric comparison rather than "eq".
       * t/scripts/tags.t:
         + [ADB] Use Lintian::Check::check_spelling() rather than Spelling.pm.
       * t/tests/README:
         + [ADB] Update the example .changes sed script to match the new output
           format.
     .
       * testset/runtests:
         + [ADB] Don't flag lintian output lines for .changes tags as invalid
     .
       * unpack/unpack-changes-l1:
         + [ADB] New script to "unpack" a .changes file, creating a fields/
           hierarchy
       * unpack/unpack-srcpkg-l1:
         + [ADB] Support tarballs in the .tar.xz format.  (Closes: #575633)
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  • 2.3.4
    Release 2.3.4
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:23:51 -0700
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.3.4
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 548094 558360 560414 563495 564713 566820 567451 568680 568748 568749 569129 569220 569492 570380 570408 571280 571616 572260 572297 572298 572430 572456 573081 573398 573399 573815 573837 573839 573914 574048 574515 574744 574771 574826 574970
    Changes:
     lintian (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "miscellaneous bug fix" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - control-file-with-CRLF-EOLs
           - debian-rules-makemaker-prefix-is-deprecated
           - empty-binary-package
           - incorrect-locale-code
           - missing-debian-source-format
           - package-type-in-debian-control
           - possible-new-upstream-release-without-new-version
           - star-file
           - unknown-file-in-debian-source
           - unknown-source-format
           - unknown-locale-code
     .
       * checks/binaries:
         + [RA] Exclude packages from the klibc source package from the
           embedded zlib check since klibc legitimately includes its own copy.
           Thanks, maximilian attems.  (Closes: #573914)
       * checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] New check for a changelog entry indicating a new upstream
           release but no change in the upstream portion of the package
           version.  Idea from Emilio Pozuelo Monfort.  (Closes: #569129)
       * checks/control-file:
         + [RG] Update package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc exception to also
           exclude eglibc.  Based on a patch from Cyril Brulebois.
           (Closes: #573398)
         + [RA] Also exclude *-common packages from weak-library-dev-dependency
           checks.  Thanks, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort.  (Closes: #570408)
         + [RA] Suppress missing-separator-between-items if either of the items
           contain substvars other than *:Depends substvars, since substvars
           may be used to assemble the components of a dependency.  Thanks,
           Matthias Klose.  (Closes: #573815)
         + [RA] Warn about Package-Type instead of XC-Package-Type in
           debian/control.  Patch from Cyril Brulebois.  (Closes: #573399)
       * checks/cruft{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Provide more information in native-package-with-dash-version
           long description about how native packages can be created by
           mistake.  Thanks, Jari Aalto.  (Closes: #573839)
         + [RA] Reword source-contains-prebuilt-windows-binary long
           description.  (Closes: #574515)
         + [RG] Warn about control and changelog files with CRLF end of line
           terminators.  Thanks, Michal Čihař.  (Closes: #564713)
       * checks/debconf:
         + [RA] Don't warn about the length of the short description for
           templates of type text in udebs, since they're frequently used by
           including them into other templates at runtime.  Patch from Frans
           Pop.  (Closes: #560414)
       * checks/debian-source-dir{,.desc}:
         + [RA] New check script from Raphaël Hertzog checking various things
           about debian/source/* control files including checking for a source
           format control file.  (Closes: #566820)
       * checks/fields.desc:
         + [RA] Correct the supported source formats in the long description of
           unsupported-source-format.  Patch from Raphaël Hertzog.
         + [RA] Stop recommending a dependency on perl-modules.  Patch from
           Niko Tyni.  (Closes: #568749)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [RA] New check for binary packages that are empty except for
           standard files and don't declare themselves to be metapackages or
           other types of dummy packages.  Based on a patch from Luca
           Falavigna.  (Closes: #569220)
         + [RG] New check for packages shipping files literally called '*'
           (star symbol).  Thanks, Niels Thykier.  (Closes: #574771)
         + [RG] New checks for incorrect and unknown locale codes in
           /usr/share/locale subdirectories.
       * checks/init.d{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Exclude symlinks to upstart-job from init script syntax checks.
           Based on a patch by Jos Boumans.  (Closes: #569492)
         + [RA] Allow umountnfs to satisfy a $remote_fs requirement and
           umountnfs or umountfs to satisfy a $local_fs requirement in LSB
           headers, avoiding false positives in unusual situations such as
           rsyslog.  Thanks, Michael Biebl.  (Closes: #571280)
         + [RA] Allow $all to satisfy a $remote_fs or $local_fs requirement in
           Required-Start, but (per the wiki) not Required-Stop.  Thanks,
           Michael Meskes.  (Closes: #574970)
       * checks/manpages.desc:
         + [RA] Clarify the long description for manpage-has-bad-whatis-entry.
           Thanks, Jari Aalto.  (Closes: #573837)
       * checks/rules:
         + [RA] Allow ant1.7 to satisfy a build requirement for ant.  Thanks,
           Rene Engelhard.  (Closes: #572430)
         + [RG] Require a versioned build-dependency on cdbs if scons.mk or
           perl-build.mk are used.  (Closes: #574744)
         + [RG] Warn about installing files specifying the destination
           directory with PREFIX when Perl's MakeMaker build system is used.
           Based on a patch by Niko Tyni.  (Closes: #568748)
         + [RA] Also check binary-independent, wildcard, and override rules for
           programs requiring build dependencies, but accept them in either
           Build-Depends or Build-Depends-Indep.
         + [RA] Check for a quilt dependency when the debhelper 7 quilt module
           is used.  Thanks, Martin Meredith.  (Closes: #548094)
         + [RA] Allow python2.6 packages to satisfy Python build dependencies.
       * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
         + [ADB] Update the list of octave interpreters, adding octave3.2
           (Closes: #574048) and removing octave2.1 (only available in lenny
           and earlier) and octave3.1.
         + [RA] Allow non-executable *.pm files in the examples directory to
           start with a line like #!perl.  This is probably just an editor
           hint.  Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst.  (Closes: #574826)
         + [RA] Mention #!@BASH@ and similar cases in the long tag description
           of example-interpreter-not-absolute.
         + [RA] Add Python 2.6 to recognized Python versions.
         + [RA] Add liquidsoap and texlua to known interpreters.
       * checks/shared-libs:
         + [RA] symbols-declares-dependency-on-other-package should not have
           trailing whitespace for unversioned dependencies.  Patch from
           Modestas Vainius.  (Closes: #570380)
       * checks/standards-version:
         + [RG] Don't warn about timewarp-standards-version when the
           changelog's distribution is "UNRELEASED."  Thanks, Raphaël Hertzog.
           (Closes: #571616)
     .
       * collection/debfiles:
         + [RA] Simplify the logic since the entire debian directory is always
           copied.  Patch from Raphaël Hertzog.
     .
       * data/debhelper/*:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/fields/{perl-provides,virtual-packages}:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/architectures:
         + [RG] Refreshed against dpkg 1.15.6.  (Closes: #563495)
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/incorrect-locale-codes:
         + [RG] New list of common incorrect locale names
       * data/files/locale-codes:
         + [RG] Generated from unstable's iso-codes.
       * data/files/triplets:
         + [RG] Refreshed against dpkg 1.15.6.
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [RG] Update package description to mention Policy version 3.8.4
           instead of 3.8.3.  Should have been done on the previous release.
       * debian/source/format:
         + [RA] Switch package format to 3.0 (native).
       * debian/postinst:
         + [RG] Use triggers to ensure an up-to-date locale in all cases.
           (Closes: #567451)
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RA] Globally ignore SIGPIPE, forcing error return codes from write.
           Hopefully will resolve some unreproducible occasional crashes.
           (Closes: #558360)
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Tag/Info.pm:
         + [JP] Don't link to references with no URL.  (Closes: #572297)
       * lib/Spelling.pm:
         + [ADB] Remove duplicate entries from the correction list.  Thanks,
           Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #572260)
         + [ADB] Add a spelling correction for "unecessary".  Thanks, Jakub
           Wilk.  (Closes: #572456)
     .
       * man/lintian-info.1:
         + [CW] Fix typo.
         + [RA] Document new debian-source-dir check script.
     .
       * private/refresh-locale-codes:
         + [RG] New script to generate a list of locale codes.
     .
       * reporting/templates/foot.tmpl:
         + [ADB] Replace the "please mail comments to the maintainer" request
           with a pointer to reportbug.  (Closes: #572298)
     .
       * testset/etcfiles/:
         + [RA] Fix problems with the md5sums test suite construction in the
           legacy etcfiles test.  Thanks, Frank Lin PIAT.  (Closes: #573081)
     .
       * t/runtests:
         + [RG] Add support for architecture-specific tests.
         + [RG] Add support for To-Do tests.
       * t/tests/binaries-multiarch/:
         + [RG] Fix test failure in non-i386 architectures by normalising the
           expected output.  Thanks, Niko Tyni.  (Closes: #568680)
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  • 2.3.3
    Release 2.3.3
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:59:56 -0600
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.3.3
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 543418 555408 563685 567753
    Changes:
     lintian (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "Policy 3.8.4" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - missing-dependency-on-phpapi
           - obsolete-comments-style-in-php-ini
           - package-contains-mime-cache-file
           - package-contains-mimeinfo.cache-file
           - triplet-dir-and-architecture-mismatch
     .
       * checks/binaries{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Warn about packages shipping PHP extensions but not
           depending on phpapi-*.
       * checks/debconf.desc:
         + [RG] There are legitimate uses of db_input on the postinst
           script, downgrading the certainty of the check.  (Closes: #543418)
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Don't warn about depending on the phpapi-* virtual package.
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Warn about packages shipping PHP .ini files using old-style
           (#) comments separators.
         + [RG] Warn about packages embedding the dojo and dijit javascript
           libraries.
         + [RG] Don't warn about packages containing /sys or /selinux
           directories.  Policy 3.8.4 grants an exception to the FHS.
         + [RG] Warn about packages containing (/usr)/lib/<triplet>
           directories for a <triplet> that isn't the one of the
           architecture of the package, per Policy 3.8.4 requirement.
         + [RG] Warn about packages shipping cache files generated by
           update-mime-database.  Thanks, Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #563685)
         + [RG] Warn about packages shipping mimeinfo.cache files, generated by
           update-desktop-database.  Thanks, Raphaël Hertzog.  (Closes: #567753)
       * checks/init.d:
         + [RG] Warn about init scripts depending on checkroot instead of
           $local_fs.
         + [RG] Remove experimental flag from remote_fs and local_fs checks.
         + [RG] Skip rc and rcS from the init script checks.
     .
       * data/debhelper/*:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/fields/{perl-provides,virtual-packages}:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [RG] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/triplets:
         + [RG] New file with a list of triplet<->architecture
           relationships.
       * data/output/ftp-master-{,non}fatal:
         + [RG] Refresh, without changes.
       * data/standards-version/release-dates:
         + [RG] Add the release date for Policy 3.8.4.
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [RG] Update standards version to 3.8.4 (no changes required).
       * debian/postinst:
         + [RG] Generate the locale under the correct directory.
       * debian/prerm:
         + [RG] Don't ignore errors on shell commands failures.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RG] Fix path to the locale directory passed to LOCPATH.
           (Closes: #555408)
     .
       * private/refresh-archs:
         + [RG] Generate a list of triplet<->architecture relationships too.
     .
       * t/runtests:
         + [RG] Update standards version to 3.8.4.
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  • 2.3.2
    Release 2.2.3
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:55:03 -0600
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.3.2
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: high
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 555408 563571 563585 564017 564523 564740 564900
    Changes:
     lintian (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=high
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - conflicting-negation-in-source-relation
     .
       * checks/{control-files,files,menu-format,menus}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities.
       * checks/{fields,patch-systems}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation.
       * checks/{files,patch-systems,po-debconf}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution.
       * checks/changelog-file:
         + [RA] Avoid Perl warning when the NEWS file ends immediately after
           the most recent entry.  (Closes: #563585)
       * checks/copyright-file:
         + [RA] Relax the regex for matching dh-make-perl boilerplate to catch
           the current text.  Thanks, gregor herrmann.  (Closes: #563571)
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Reject "all" and "any" in architecture qualifications for build
           dependencies.  Thanks, Jonathan Yu.
         + [RA] Warn if some architectures in a build relation are negated and
           others are not.
       * checks/files.desc:
         + [JP] Fix outdated reference in file-in-usr-lib-site-python.
       * checks/infofiles:
         + [RA] Pass LOCPATH to subprocesses.
         + [ADB] Don't flag info files with filenames of info-N.gz as having an
           incorrect extension if N contains multiple digits.  (Closes: #564900)
       * checks/manpages:
         + [RA] Pass LOCPATH to subprocesses.
     .
       * collection/objdump-info:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution.
       * collection/source-control-file:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation.
     .
       * data/output/manual-references:
         + [JP] Refresh reference data against Policy 3.8.3, doc-base 0.9.5,
           developers-reference 3.4.3, and Python Policy 0.9.0.
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [RA] Depend on locales.
       * debian/prerm:
         + [RA] Remove /var/lib/lintian/locale on any removal except upgrades.
       * debian/postinst:
         + [RA] Generate an en_US.UTF-8 locale in /var/lib/lintian/locale for
           use for tests, particularly man page tests.  (Closes: #555408)
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RA] Set LOCPATH to LINTIAN_ROOT/locale or /var/lib/lintian/locale,
           whichever exist.
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation.
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Collect.pm:
         + [ADB] Update the documentation to reflect the existence of
           Lintian::Collect::Binary.
       * lib/Lintian/Collect/Binary.pm:
         + [ADB] Correct a reference in the documentation indicating that the
           module collects data for source packages.
       * lib/Lintian/Schedule.pm:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation.
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities.
       * lib/Spelling.pm:
         + [RA] Add additional spelling corrections.
         + [RA] Remove spelling correction for parameterize.  This is the
           correct US spelling.  Thanks, Jonathan Yu.  (Closes: #564523)
         + [RA] Remove spelling correction for useable, a variant permitted
           by the OED.  Thanks, Vagrant Cascadian.  (Closes: #564740)
         + [RG] Add more spelling corrections.
       * lib/Util.pm:
         + [RA] Pass LOCPATH to subprocesses.
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution.
     .
       * man/lintian.1:
         + [RA] Spelling fix.  Thanks, A. Costa.  (Closes: #564017)
     .
       * private/refresh-manual-refs:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution.
     .
       * reporting/{config,html_reports}:
         + [JP] Make it possible to keep a record of statistics of previous
           archive-wide Lintian executions.
       * reporting/templates/maintainer.tmpl:
         + [RA] Really fix the logic to optionally display the archive area of
           additional package entries under the same source package.
     .
       * unpack/unpack-{bin,src}pkg-l1:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation.
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  • 1.24.2.1+lenny1
    Release 1.24.2.1+lenny1
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:28:23 -0600
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 1.24.2.1+lenny1
    Distribution: stable-security
    Urgency: high
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Changes:
     lintian (1.24.2.1+lenny1) stable-security; urgency=high
     .
       * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
     .
       * checks/{control-files,files,menu-format,menus}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities
       * checks/{fields,patch-systems}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
       * checks/{files,patch-systems}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution
     .
       * collection/objdump-info:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution
       * collection/source-control-file:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities
     .
       * lib/Util:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution
     .
       * unpack/unpack-{bin,src}pkg-l1:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
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  • 1.23.28+etch1
    Release 1.23.28+etch1
    
    Format: 1.7
    Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:05:01 -0600
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 1.23.28+etch1
    Distribution: oldstable-security
    Urgency: high
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Changes:
     lintian (1.23.28+etch1) oldstable-security; urgency=high
     .
       * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team
     .
       * checks/{control-files,files,menus}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities
       * checks/{debhelper,files,infofiles,init.d,menu-format,po-debconf,scripts}:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution
       * checks/fields:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
     .
       * collection/source-control-file:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4014: format string vulnerabilities
     .
       * lib/Util.pm:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4015: arbitrary command execution
     .
       * unpack/unpack-{bin,src}pkg-l1:
         + [RG] Fix CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation
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  • 2.3.1
    Release 2.3.1
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:01:14 -0800
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.3.1
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 550594 553264 559208 562608 562788 562875 563039 563126 563185 563370
    Changes:
     lintian (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "goodbye to unpack level 2" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - init.d-script-missing-start
           - debian-news-entry-has-unknown-version
           - debian-news-entry-uses-asterisk
           - debian-news-entry-without-blank-line
           - non-native-package-with-native-version
           - udev-rule-in-etc
     .
       * {checks,collection}/*.desc:
         + [RG] Remove Unpack-Level fields and depend on the 'unpacked'
           collection script as needed.
       * checks/binaries:
         + [RG] Recognise hppa64 binaries and ignore them on the
           binary-from-other-architecture check for hppa.
           Thanks, Matthias Klose.  (Closes: #562788)
       * checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Per devref, recommend against NEWS.Debian entries formatted
           with asterisks like changelog entries.
         + [RA] Check that the most recent NEWS.Debian entry is followed by a
           blank line for apt-listchanges.  Thanks, Adeodato Simó.  (Addresses
           the Lintian part of #523436)
         + [RA] Warn if the version of the latest NEWS.Debian entry doesn't
           appear in the changelog.  Thanks, Christoph Berg.  (Closes: #550594)
       * checks/control-file:
         + [RA] Fix parsing of dependencies for weak-library-dev-dependency
           when the content of Depends begins with a newline.  Thanks, Julien
           Cristau.  (Closes: #563370)
       * checks/cruft:
         + [RA] Fix the regex to properly ignore CMakeCache.txt in the debian
           directory.  Thanks, Aaron M. Ucko.  (Closes: #553264)
         + [RA] Check for a non-native package with a native version.  Thanks,
           Andreas Beckmann.
       * checks/debhelper:
         + [RA] Always warn if debhelper is in use but no ${misc:Depends}
           dependency is present rather than checking which specific debhelper
           commands use it.  Any debhelper command may start adding
           dependencies to ${misc:Depends} at any time.  Lower the certainty to
           possible, since a missing ${misc:Depends} may not cause problems.
       * checks/fields.desc:
         + [RA] Fix spelling error in dfsg-version-with-period tag description.
           Thanks, Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #563185)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Add a missing 'it' to the description of duplicate-font-file.
         + [RG] Add detection of nusoap to the embedded PHP libraries check.
         + [RG] Check that udev rules are not installed in /etc/udev/rules.d.
           Thanks, Marco d'Itri.  (Closes: #559208)
       * checks/init.d{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Bump severity of init.d-script-sourcing-without-test to serious.
         + [RG] Lower the severity of init.d-script-does-not-provide-itself
           to minor.
         + [RG] Fix a init.d-script-possible-missing-stop false positive when
           stopping on runlevels 2-5.
         + [RG] Mention 'killprocs' in init.d-script-possible-missing-stop's
           description.  Thanks, Kurt Roeckx.  (Closes: #562608)
         + [RG] Warn about init scripts with incomplete start runlevels.
         + [RG] Tighten check for missing dependency on local_fs or remote_fs
           when using files with a name of 'var*' or 'usr*'.
         + [RG] Also recognise the use of the -r test as a file test, and
           the test command when determining whether a /etc/default file is
           being sourced unconditionally.
         + [RG] Correct the description of the
           missing-dependency-on-{remote,local_fs} tags where 'is' was meant
           to be used instead of 'are'.
       * checks/manpages.desc:
         + [RA] Downgrade spelling-error-in-manpage to minor severity.
           (Closes: #563039)
       * checks/patch-systems:
         + [RA] Avoid false positives for patches modifying files in debian/*
           when the parent directory in which the patch was created is named
           debian.  Thanks, Mark Brown.  (Closes: #562875)
     .
       * collection/ar-info:
         + [RA] Skip *.a files that are dangling symlinks and discard error
           output from ar.  Correctly handle file names that contain shell
           metacharacters.
       * collection/unpacked{,.desc}:
         + [RG] New scripts to replace the unpack level 2.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RG] Deprecate and replace unpack levels with the use of
           collection scripts.
         + [ADB] Remove an unused variable declaration.
     .
       * lib/Spelling.pm:
         + [ADB] Add corrections for "nam" (name) and "nams" (names).
         + [RG] Add some more spelling errors.
         + [RG] Uppercase every character of the correction if every
           character of the original word is too.
         + [RA] Superceded is an acceptable alternative spelling of superseded.
     .
       * man/lintian.1:
         + [RG] Document deprecation of unpack levels.
         + [ADB] Add the new "unpacked" collection script to the list of such
           scripts.
         + [ADB] Correct the documentation of --tags-from-file to indicate that
           the file contains tags to issue, not suppress.
     .
       * reporting/html_reports:
         + [RA] Sort the tags so that the maintainer view will group repeated
           instances of the same tag and display extra information in sorted
           order.  (Closes: #563126)
         + [RA] Better handle missing information for packages in the package
           lists and default the package area to main.
       * reporting/templates/maintainer.tmpl:
         + [RA] Fix the logic to optionally display the archive area of
           additional package entries under the same source package.
     .
       * unpack/unpack-{src,bin}pkg-l2:
         + [RG] Dropped in favour of collection/unpacked.
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  • 2.3.0
    Release 2.3.0
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:38:10 -0800
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.3.0
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 528367 546174 548640 548819 548844 551793 552200 554025 554617 555667 556022 556456 557120 557353 557449 557511 557530 557717 557786 557883 557971 558214 558649 559625 560005 560053 560149 561720 562630
    Changes:
     lintian (2.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "welcome Raphael Geissert!" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Added:
           - capitalization-error-in-description
             (split from spelling-error-in-description)
           - debian-rules-automatically-updates-control
           - duplicate-in-relation-field (pedantic)
           - duplicated-compressed-file
           - init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-local_fs (experimental)
           - init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-remote_fs (experimental)
           - obsolete-relation-form-in-source
           - ocaml-dangling-cmi
           - ocaml-dangling-cmx
           - ocaml-dangling-cmxa
           - ocaml-dangling-cmxs
           - ocaml-dev-file-in-nondev-package (pedantic)
           - ocaml-dev-file-not-in-usr-lib-ocaml (pedantic)
           - ocaml-meta-without-suggesting-findlib (pedantic)
           - ocaml-stray-cmo
           - spelling-error-in-manpage
         + Removed:
           - build-depends-without-arch-dep
     .
       * checks/*:
         + [RA] Use Lintian::Tags instead of Tags.
       * checks/binaries{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Allow any RPATH containing $ORIGIN or ${ORIGIN}, not just the
           literal value $ORIGIN.  (Closes: #557511)
         + [ADB] Exempt all binary packages built from the zlib source from
           the embedded-zlib test, not just those with binary package names
           matching zlib.+.  Thanks, Mark Brown.
         + [RA] Spelling errors are no longer normalized to lowercase.
       * checks/changelog-file:
         + [RA] Suppress latest-debian-changelog-entry-without-new-date if the
           distribution is UNRELEASED.  Thanks, Raphaël Hertzog.
           (Closes: #560149)
         + [RA] Also ignore too-long lines that consist of "See" followed by an
           unbreakable word.  Thanks, Jari Aalto.  (Closes: #560005)
         + [RA] Downgrade spelling tags to severity: minor.
       * checks/control-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Check for < and > version dependencies in debian/control since
           dpkg-source helpfully rewrites and fixes them in binary packages.
           Thanks, Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #557971)
         + [RA] Add a pedantic check for duplicates in relation fields in
           debian/control prior to the fixes applied by dpkg-dev.  Thanks,
           Nelson A. de Oliveira.  (Closes: #548819)
         + [RA] Fix a typo that skipped checks on the Build-Conflicts field.
         + [RA] Rework weak-library-dev-dependency to allow more approaches to
           bounding the shared library version.  Skip complex cases with or'd
           dependencies and assume the maintainer knows what they're doing.
           Add more explanation to the long tag description.  Thanks, Reinhard
           Tartler and Mike Hommey.  (Closes: #557449)
       * checks/copyright-file.desc:
         + [RA] Downgrade spelling-error-in-copyright to minor and mention
           false positive possibilities and an override in the tag description.
       * checks/cruft:
         + [RA] Allow an automake or libtool dependency in Build-Depends-Indep
           to also satisfy the check for outdated helper files.  Thanks,
           Guillaume Delacour.  (Closes: #557530)
         + [RA] Ignore files in .pc, created by unpacking 3.0 (quilt) packages.
           Thanks, Ahmed El-Mahmoudy.  (Closes: #556022)
       * checks/debian-readme.desc:
         + [RA] Downgrade spelling tag to severity: minor.
       * checks/description{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Downgrade spelling tag to severity: minor.
         + [RA] Split capitalization-error-in-description to a separate tag and
           downgrade its certainty to wild-guess.
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [ADB] Re-order the fields of build-depends-on-build-essential so that
           all of the descriptive text is included.  Thanks, Jonathan Wiltshire.
           (Closes: #557786)
         + [RA] For lib-recommends-documentation, exclude packages ending in
           -tools or -bin.  Thanks, Jay Berkenbilt.  (Closes: #557883)
         + [RA] Warn of build dependencies on python*-dev if no architecture-
           dependent packages are being built.  Patch from Luca Falavigna.
           (Closes: #551793)
         + [RA] Add emacs22 to obsolete emacs versions.  Thanks, Sven Joachim.
           (Closes: #560053)
       * checks/files{,.desc}:
         + [RA] New check for files present in both compressed and uncompressed
           form.  Patch from Raphael Geissert.  (Closes: #546174)
         + [RA] Allow /etc/sudoers.d files to be mode 0440 as recommended by
           sudo.  Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst.  (Closes: #557353)
       * checks/huge-usr-share{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Increase the thresholds to 2MB (over 50%) and 4MB (any
           percentage), and mention the thresholds in the tag description.
           Thanks, Christoph Egger.  (Closes: #561720)
       * checks/init.d{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Add checks for missing dependencies on $local_fs or $remote_fs
           based on what files appear to be used in the init scripts.  Patch
           from Raphael Geissert.  (Partly addresses #405454)
       * checks/manpages{,.desc}:
         + [RG] Check for spelling errors in English manpages.
       * checks/manpages.desc:
         + [RA] Clarify the long description of hyphen-used-as-minus-sign.
           Note that Debian groff is currently patched to avoid this problem,
           but hopefully that divergence can be removed.  Reference
           groff-base's README.Debian for more information.  (Closes: #548844)
       * checks/menus.desc:
         + [RA] Change spelling tags to severity: minor and certainty: certain
           since there are few false positives but minor is the correct
           severity.
       * checks/ocaml{,.desc}:
         + [RA] New checks for OCaml packaging.  Contributed by Stéphane
           Glondu.  (Closes: #528367)
       * checks/patch-systems{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Recommend DEP-3 in {dpatch,quilt}-patch-missing-description and
           reference the document.  Thanks, Raphaël Hertzog.  (Closes: #554025)
         + [RA] Allow DEP-3 headers in dpatch patches to satisfy the
           description requirement.  Thanks, Paul Gevers.  (Closes: #548640)
       * checks/rules{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Remove build-depends-without-arch-dep.  If the package only
           builds architecture-independent packages, the distinction between
           Build-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep is meaningless and there's no
           reason, even pedantically, to worry about the separation.  Thanks,
           Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #552200, #555667)
         + [RA] Add a new check for DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL = yes.
           Thanks, Nelson A. de Oliveira.  (Closes: #557120)
     .
       * collection/ar-info{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Collects the results of ar t on all *.a files, used by the new
           OCaml checks.  Contributed by Stéphane Glondu.
       * collection/override-file:
         + [RA] Check debian/source/lintian-overrides before
           debian/source.lintian-overrides for source package overrides.
           Thanks, martin f krafft.  (Closes: #554617)
     .
       * data/debhelper/*:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/fields/{perl-provides,virtual-packages}:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/output/ftp-master-{non,}fatal:
         + [RA] New data files listing tags that may result in an automated
           upload reject.
     .
       * doc/lintian.sgml:
         + [RA] Document debian/source/lintian-overrides as the new preferred
           location for source overrides.
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [RG] Add Raphael Geissert to Uploaders.
         + [RA] Add ${misc:Depends} to dependencies.
       * debian/copyright:
         + [RG] Add Raphael Geissert to maintainers.
     .
       * frontend/lintian:
         + [RA] Add options --suppress-tags and --suppress-tags-from-file to
           completely suppress the given tags.
         + [RA] Support comments and blank lines in --tags-from-file files.
         + [RA] Run the check modules in sorted order.
         + [RA] Create a global Lintian::Tags object and use it instead of
           setting variables in the Tags namespace.  Move display level code
           from here to Lintian::Tags.  Adjust calls for the new Lintian::Tags
           module.
         + [RA] Add option -F or --ftp-master-rejects which only checks tags
           that could result in an automatic upload reject.
       * frontend/lintian-info:
         + [RA] Add -h/--help option.  Patch from gregor herrmann.
           (Closes: #558214)
     .
       * lib/Lintian/Check.pm:
         + [RA] Use Lintian::Tags instead of Tags.
       * lib/Lintian/Output.pm:
         + [RA] print_tag() now takes an additional argument containing
           override data and expects a Lintian::Tag::Info object as the tag
           info instead of a hash.
         + [RA] Adjust for the renaming of pkg in the file information hash.
       * lib/Lintian/Output/*.pm:
         + [RA] Adjust for print_tag() and file information hash changes.
       * lib/Lintian/Output/XML.pm:
         + [RA] Rewrite to be more readable and fix the tags attribute for
           overridden experimental tags.
       * lib/Lintian/Relation.pm:
         + [RA] Fix bugs in unparse() and duplicates() that caused duplicates()
           to crash when processing duplicates between an alternative and a
           regular package.  Thanks, Jonathan Yu.  (Closes: #559625)
       * lib/Lintian/Tag/Info.pm:
         + [RA] Add a code method that returns the tag code corresponding to
           the severity and certainty for a tag, based on get_tag_code from
           Tags.pm.
         + [RA] Add certainty, severity, and tag accessor methods.
         + [RA] Add a method saying whether a tag is experimental.
         + [RA] Record the check script corresponding to each tag and add an
           accessor method for it.
         + [RA] Add a sources method returning a list of sources referenced by
           a tag, based on the get_tag_source method from Tags.pm.
       * lib/Lintian/Tags.pm:
         + [RA] New module in a proper namespace replacing Tags.pm.  A global
           Lintian::Tags object replaces the static variables in the Tags
           namespace, with new accessor functions, except for the tag metadata
           functions (which have moved to Lintian::Tag::Info).  All handling of
           display levels is now here instead of in frontend/lintian.
         + [RA] Support suppressing a list of tags.
         + [RA] Suppress calling Lintian::Output::print_end_pkg for changes
           files, where we don't call print_start_pkg.  This fixes an unmatched
           closing tag in the experimental XML output.
       * lib/Spelling.pm:
         + [RA] Use Lintian::Tags instead of Tags.
         + [RA] Ignore all-caps words of five characters or less for spelling
           corrections, since they are probably acronyms.  Thanks, Michal
           Čihař.  (Closes: #556456)
         + [RA] Report the original word in spelling errors rather than the
           normalized form.
         + [RG] Detect some multi-word spelling errors.
         + [RA] Remove the als to also correction.  This is a word in several
           European languages, and the many hits on the archive are nearly all
           false positives.
       * lib/Tags.pm:
         + [RA] Removed in favor of Lintian::Tags.
       * lib/Util.pm:
         + [RA] Consume all output from extracting the control file of a binary
           package before closing the pipe.
     .
       * man/lintian.1:
         + [RA] Document --suppress-tags and --suppress-tags-from-file.
         + [RA] Document format of --tags-from-file.
         + [RA] Document -F (--ftp-master-rejects).
         + [RA] Add ocaml checker script.
         + [RA] Add ar-info collection script.
         + [RA] Document the override locations in the FILES section.  Thanks,
           Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #558649)
         + [RA] Remove obsolete spelling checker script.
         + [RA] Mention /usr/share/lintian/data under FILES.
         + [RA] Clarify that errors are not necessarily policy violations.
         + [RA] Remove bug that Lintian doesn't handle packages with different
           binary and source versions correctly.  I don't believe this is still
           an issue.
       * man/lintian-info.1:
         + [RA] Add -h (--help).
         + [RA] lintian -i no longer pipes output through lintian-info.  Adjust
           the man page accordingly.
     .
       * private/refresh-ftp-master-tags:
         + [RA] Script to refresh data about automatic package rejects.
     .
       * reporting/html_reports:
         + [RA] Never use O as the code for the tag on the per-tag page even if
           all instances in the archive are overridden.  (Closes: #562630)
     .
       * t/runtests:
         + [RA] Unwrap the Options field so that it can be continued.
         + [RA] Replace TESTSET in Options with the root of the test suite so
           that lintian options referring to files can be tested with files in
           the test suite directory.
         + [RA] Support a new Sort: no field in package test metadata to
           suppress sorting of lintian output, for testing output formatting.
         + [RA] Use Lintian::Command::spawn to run Lintian for package tests so
           that the lintian options may contain shell metacharacters.
         + [RA] Put all error output from lintian unsorted before the regular
           output, making it easier to diagnose errors.
         + [RA] Suppress checking the syntax of the lintian output if neither
           Test-For nor Test-Against are set and Sort: no is set.
     .
       * unpack/list-{bin,src,udeb}pkg:
         + [RA] Support multiple versions of a package in the archive and
           include only the latest version in the Lintian package list.
       * unpack/unpack-binpkg-l2:
         + [RA] Report errors from dpkg-deb or tar on stderr if either exit
           with non-zero status.
       * unpack/unpack-srcpkg-l2:
         + [RA] Report errors from dpkg-source -x on stderr if it exits with
           non-zero status.  (Closes: #557717)
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  • 2.2.18
    Release 2.2.18
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:36:33 -0800
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.2.18
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: low
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 510954 548210 548218 549596 550924 551051 551134 552013 552526 552707 552729 553207 553262 553264 553469 553487 553697 554393 555278 555320 555617
    Changes:
     lintian (2.2.18) unstable; urgency=low
     .
       The "synchronize severities with ftpmaster's Lintian checks" release.
     .
       * Summary of tag changes:
         + Removed:
           - copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate
         + Promoted from experimental:
           - spelling-error-in-binary
           - template-uses-unsplit-choices
     .
       * checks/binaries.desc:
         + [RA] Remove experimental marker on spelling-error-in-binary.  Change
           severity to minor; spelling errors are minor bugs.
         + [RA] library-in-debug-or-profile-should-not-be-stripped,
           binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath, arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share, and
           binary-in-etc, binary-file-compressed-with-upx,
           binary-with-bad-dynamic-table, and embedded-zlib are now
           serious since they can result in ftpmaster rejects.  embedded-zlib,
           missing-dependency-on-libc, and binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath are
           possible rather than certain since overrides are allowed.
       * checks/changelog-file:
         + [FL] Avoid various Perl warnings which can be caused by
           completly broken changelog files.
       * checks/conffiles.desc:
         + [RA] file-in-usr-marked-as-conffile is serious (ftpmaster reject).
           Add a Policy reference and improve the description.
         + [RA] non-etc-file-marked-as-conffile is serious/possible rather than
           important/certain (ftpmaster reject unless overridden).
       * checks/control-file{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Say to use (= ${binary:Version}) to fix weak dependencies
           between a library dev package and the shared library.  Thanks,
           Norbert Preining.  (Closes: #548218)
         + [ADB] Fix an uninitialised value warning when processing a
           -dev package which has no Depends: fields.  Thanks, Lucas
           Nussbaum.
         + [RA] build-info-in-binary-control-file-section and
           debian-control-with-duplicate-fields are now serious (ftpmaster
           reject).
         + [RA] Allow -dev dependencies based on source:Upstream-Version or
           source:Version if the -dev package is architecture: all.  Thanks,
           Mike Hommey.  (Closes: #552729)
       * checks/control-files.desc:
         + [RA] not-allowed-control-file, control-file-has-bad-permissions, and
           control-file-has-bad-owner are now serious (ftpmaster reject).
           Mention that the config control file should also be executable.
       * checks/copyright-file{,.desc}:
         + [FL] Add special exception to no-copyright-file for perl.
           See #522827 for discussion.  (Closes: #553262)
         + [FL] Extend match for exceptions to copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
           to catch more ways to specify Perl's license.  Patch from
           Salvatore Bonaccorso.  (Closes: #549596)
         + [RA] copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate
           removed, as some package maintainers prefer to use Author(s) and
           have filled out the copyright file.  (Closes: #553469)
         + [RA] Add additional dh_make template strings to the
           helper-templates-in-copyright check, including the templates for
           upstream author or copyright holder, which effectively replaces
           copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate with far
           fewer false positives.
         + [RA] Remove a duplication of the check for "This copyright info was
           automatically extracted from the perl module" by dh-make-perl, and
           ensure that this is copyright-contains-dh-make-perl-boilerplate and
           not helper-templates-in-copyright, since it is lower severity.
         + [RA] copyright-refers-to-old-directory, old-style-copyright-file,
           usr-share-doc-symlink-without-dependency,
           usr-share-doc-symlink-to-foreign-package,
           copyright-refers-to-incorrect-directory, and
           copyright-contains-dh_make-todo-boilerplate are now serious
           (ftpmaster reject).  copyright-contains-dh_make-todo-boilerplate is
           possible (overrides allowed).  Significantly improve the description
           of usr-share-doc-symlink-without-dependency to mention that Lintian
           doesn't look at transitive dependencies, and change to possible.
       * checks/cruft:
         + [FL] Add automake1.11 to list of autotools packages.  Thanks,
           Laurent Bigonville.  (Closes: #551051)
         + [RA] Allow CMakeCache.txt files in the debian directory.  Thanks,
           Aaron M. Ucko.  (Closes: #553264)
       * checks/debconf.desc:
         + [FL] Remove experimental flag from template-uses-unsplit-choices.
           This was only done to not disrupt the lenny freeze.  Thanks,
           Raphael Geissert.  (Closes: #553487)
       * checks/description.desc:
         + [RA] Downgrade description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly to
           minor and fix the cross-reference to point to devref, not Policy.
         + [RA] description-is-dh_make-template is serious (ftpmaster reject).
       * checks/etcfiles.desc:
         + [RA] file-in-etc-not-marked-as-conffile is serious (ftpmaster
           reject).
       * checks/fields{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Fix lib-recommends-documentation tag to correctly exclude dev
           and doc packages.  Patch from Stéphane Glondu.  (Closes: #548210)
         + [FL] Allow source formats 3.0 (quilt) and 3.0 (native).
           (Closes: #552707)
         + [RA] Multiple maintainer-* and uploader-* tags for syntax errors or
           localhost addresses are now serious (ftpmaster reject), as are
           section-is-dh_make-template and bad-relation.
       * checks/files.desc:
         + [RA] Add a note to wrong-file-owner-uid-or-gid that it's possible to
           construct a Policy-compliant package that triggers this tag by
           creating users in preinst, and asking package maintainers to file a
           bug against Lintian if they encounter a case where this appears to
           be necessary.
         + [RA] package-contains-ancient-file, package-installs-python-pyc
           symlink-has-too-many-up-segments, and package-contains-info-dir-file
           are now serious (ftpmaster reject).
         + [RA] dir-or-file-in-var-www is now serious/possible (ftpmaster
           reject unless overridden).
         + [RA] dir-or-file-in-{tmp,mnt,opt,srv} are now serious and have the
           proper File Hierarchy Standard cross-references and descriptions.
         + [RA] Don't suggest creating a symlink to the python-feedparser
           library.  Just use the normal Python import mechanism.  Thanks,
           Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #555617)
       * checks/lintian.desc:
         + [CW] Add lucid as an allowable distribution for Ubuntu, and remove
           gutsy.
       * checks/manpages.desc:
         + [ADB] Mention in the description for manpage-has-errors-from-man
           that Lintian passes "-E UTF-8" to man when running checks.  Thanks,
           Raphaël Hertzog. (Closes: #555320)
         + [RA] Also suppress failures to break lines if the reported line is
           a .UE macro, which marks the end of a block defining a URL.  Thanks,
           Martin Stigge.
       * checks/patch-systems:
         + [RA] Do not issue patch-system-but-no-source-readme for packages in
           3.0 (quilt) format.  Patch from Stéphane Glondu.  (Closes: #553207)
         + [RA] Don't consider the "index <sha1>..<sha1>" line added by git
           diff to be a patch description.  (Closes: #553697)
         + [RA] If a diff outside of the patch system only creates new files
           that can be copied into place by the package build rules, suggest
           just putting them in the debian directory rather than using a patch
           system.  Thanks, Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #550924)
       * checks/rules.desc:
         + [RA] missing-build-dependency is now serious/possible (ftpmaster
           reject unless overridden).
       * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
         + [RA] Add some more details to executable-not-elf-or-script about
           possible causes and how to correct them.
         + [RA] Suggest mkfifo in mknod-in-maintainer-script if the script was
           creating a named pipe.
         + [RA] Add rep.  Thanks, Rodrigo Gallardo.  (Closes: #510954)
         + [RA] Add r.  Thanks, Dirk Eddelbuettel.  (Closes: #555278)
         + [RA] Add rackup.  Thanks, Sebastien Delafond.  (Closes: #552013)
       * checks/shared-libs:
         + [FL] Add /usr/lib/python*/dist-packages to exception list for
           incorrect-libdir-in-la-file.  Thanks, Mathieu Trudel.
           (Closes: #551134)
     .
       * data/changelog-file/ubuntu-dists:
         + [CW] Add lucid as an allowable distribution for Ubuntu, and remove
           gutsy.
       * data/doc-base/sections:
         + [FL] Update from doc-base 0.9.5. Adds Typesetting section.
           Thanks Julian Gilbey.  (Closes: #552526)
       * data/fields/architectures:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/fields/perl-provides:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/fields/virtual-packages:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
       * data/files/fonts:
         + [ADB] Refresh against unstable.
     .
       * man/lintian.1:
         + [RA] Add additional explanation of experimental tags.  Remove the
           comment that pedantic tags are frequently wrong; that's not what
           they're for.  Improve the explanation for -i to not imply that
           everything Lintian finds is a Policy violation.
     .
       * private/refresh-perl-provides:
         + [ADB] Special-case libio-compress-perl; the package contains the
           modules which used to be in libio-compress-* but does not contain
           IO::Compress.  Patch from Niko Tyni.  (Closes: #554393)
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  • 2.2.17
    Release 2.2.17
    
    Format: 1.8
    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:07:24 -0700
    Source: lintian
    Binary: lintian
    Architecture: source all
    Version: 2.2.17
    Distribution: unstable
    Urgency: medium
    Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
    Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
    Description:
     lintian    - Debian package checker
    Closes: 547773
    Changes:
     lintian (2.2.17) unstable; urgency=medium
     .
       * Urgency medium to beat libclass-accessor-perl into testing.
     .
       * checks/control-file:
         + [RA] Correctly exclude lib*-dev dependencies on other lib*-dev
           packages that contain a version number.  Thanks, Yves-Alexis Perez.
           (Closes: #547773)
     .
       * debian/control:
         + [RA] Explicitly depend on libclass-accessor-perl, since we use it
           directly.  (libparse-debianchangelog-perl was implicitly ensuring it
           was installed.)
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