lintian: r1223 - in trunk: checks debian
Author: rra
Date: 2008-02-20 19:02:53 +0100 (Wed, 20 Feb 2008)
New Revision: 1223
Modified:
trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc
trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
* checks/copyright-file{.desc,}:
+ [RA] Further explain why lintian looks for a valid copyright notice.
(Closes: #466714)
Modified: trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc 2008-02-20 00:32:56 UTC (rev 1222)
+++ trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc 2008-02-20 18:02:53 UTC (rev 1223)
@@ -197,7 +197,10 @@
copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the upstream
source (or add one of your own for a native package). A copyright notice
must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode symbol of C in a circle
- followed by the years and the copyright holder.
+ followed by the years and the copyright holder. A copyright notice is
+ not required for a work to be copyrighted, but Debian requires the
+ copyright file include the authors and years of copyright, and including
+ a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that.
.
If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be sure
to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be aware that
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2008-02-20 00:32:56 UTC (rev 1222)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2008-02-20 18:02:53 UTC (rev 1223)
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
* checks/control-files{.desc,}:
+ [FL] Warn about empty control files. I can't see any use for
them. Exclude udebs though, since they might differ there.
- * checks/copyright-file:
+ * checks/copyright-file{.desc,}:
+ [RA] Tests for copyright notices must be case-insensitive. Patch
from Chris Lamb. (Closes: #464992)
+ [RA] When looking for cases where Copyright is separated from a year
by a newline, also allow (C) before or after the newline. Thanks,
Michael Meskes. (Closes: #465258)
+ + [RA] Further explain why lintian looks for a valid copyright notice.
+ (Closes: #466714)
* checks/cruft{.desc,}:
+ [FL] Add hg to the list of <vcs>-control-dir tags.
+ [RA] In the long description of outdated-autotools-helper-file,
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