[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.17-42-g1dd8007

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

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 1dd80070402065b574725c3903d620c708a3e214
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Nov 12 21:55:23 2009 -0800

    Suggest shipping created files in debian rather than a patch
    
    * checks/patch-systems:
      + [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)

diff --git a/checks/patch-systems.desc b/checks/patch-systems.desc
index 96e20a9..eb78351 100644
--- a/checks/patch-systems.desc
+++ b/checks/patch-systems.desc
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ Info: The Debian diff.gz contains changes to files or creation of additional
  control over them.  The package will also more easily support  possible
  future source package formats if all changes outside the <tt>debian</tt>
  directory are stored as patches.
+ .
+ If the diff only creates new files that can be copied into place by the
+ package build rules, consider putting them in the <tt>debian</tt>
+ directory rather than using a patch system.
 
 Tag: patch-system-but-no-source-readme
 Severity: normal
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4c31f25..2abbc1e 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ lintian (2.2.18) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       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).

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