[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.5-62-ge9db6fa

["Russ Allbery" <rra@debian.org>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit e9db6fa5365e612b1a2948875c015962737c040e
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Feb 21 22:18:05 2009 -0800

    Improve *patch-missing-description suggestions
    
    * checks/patch-systems.desc:
      + [RA] Improve the suggestions in the long description of
        quilt-patch-missing-description and dpatch-missing-description based
        on suggestions from Paul Wise.  (Closes: #516534)

diff --git a/checks/patch-systems.desc b/checks/patch-systems.desc
index 54174d3..0a7799a 100644
--- a/checks/patch-systems.desc
+++ b/checks/patch-systems.desc
@@ -25,8 +25,15 @@ Info: In the 00list file listing all your dpatches, you referenced a file
 Tag: dpatch-missing-description
 Severity: wishlist
 Certainty: certain
-Info: dpatch files should carry a description of the function of the included
- patch. Description lines start with "## DP:".
+Info: dpatch files should carry a description of the included patch.
+ Description lines start with "## DP:".
+ .
+ As well as a description of the purpose and function of the patch, the
+ description should ideally contain author information, a URL for the bug
+ report (if any), Debian or upstream bugs fixed by it, upstream status,
+ the Debian version and date the patch was first included, and any other
+ information that would be useful if someone were investigating the
+ patch and underlying problem.
 
 Tag: quilt-build-dep-but-no-series-file
 Severity: normal
@@ -74,9 +81,17 @@ Info: In the series file listing all your quilt patches, you referenced a
 Tag: quilt-patch-missing-description
 Severity: wishlist
 Certainty: certain
-Info: quilt patch files should carry a description of the function of the
- included patch. Description lines may be included before the start of the
- patch itself.
+Info: quilt patch files should start with a description of patch.  All
+ lines before the start of the patch itself are considered part of the
+ description.  You can edit the description with <tt>quilt header -e</tt>
+ when the patch is at the top of the stack.
+ .
+ As well as a description of the purpose and function of the patch, the
+ description should ideally contain author information, a URL for the bug
+ report (if any), Debian or upstream bugs fixed by it, upstream status,
+ the Debian version and date the patch was first included, and any other
+ information that would be useful if someone were investigating the
+ patch and underlying problem.
 
 Tag: patch-modifying-debian-files
 Severity: important
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3c58945..16535a3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ lintian (2.2.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       content.  (Closes: #515690)
     + [RA] Offer advice for duplicate-font-file for when the font package
       is huge.  Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst and Paul Wise.  (Closes: #515689)
+  * checks/patch-systems.desc:
+    + [RA] Improve the suggestions in the long description of
+      quilt-patch-missing-description and dpatch-missing-description based
+      on suggestions from Paul Wise.  (Closes: #516534)
   * checks/scripts:
     + [RA] Make static regexes global to avoid recreating them for each
       file we scan.  Patch from Raphael Geissert.

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