[lintian] 01/01: Ignore "UNRELEASED" changelog entries as their timestamps are meaningful.

[Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>]

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commit d9b959aefa615c4f757674dea6c241f8dad31be3
Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 20 21:58:56 2017 +0100

    Ignore "UNRELEASED" changelog entries as their timestamps are meaningful.
---
 checks/copyright-file.pm | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/checks/copyright-file.pm b/checks/copyright-file.pm
index aa284ee..c85eb82 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file.pm
+++ b/checks/copyright-file.pm
@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ sub run {
         $found = 1;
     }
 
+    # Extract the year from the most recent entry in debian/changelog. We do
+    # not use UNRELEASED entries as there is no guarantee that their timestamps
+    # are meaningful.
     my $latest_year = 0;
     my $changes = $info->changelog;
-    if (defined $changes) {
+    if (   defined($changes)
+        && defined $info->field('distribution')
+        && $info->field('distribution') ne 'UNRELEASED') {
         my ($entry) = $info->changelog->data;
         $latest_year = (gmtime($entry->{Timestamp}))[5] + 1900;
     }

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