The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 78aea41eec7429df019c51eb406b908957aeaf13
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sun Jul 25 17:34:39 2010 -0700
Fix copyright examples and add a changelog entry
diff --git a/checks/copyright-file.desc b/checks/copyright-file.desc
index f1aa88d..cd8ae2e 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file.desc
+++ b/checks/copyright-file.desc
@@ -293,12 +293,11 @@ Info: The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a
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. Exmaples:
- .
- Copyright (C) YYYY Firstname Lastname <address@example.com>
- Copyright (C) YYYY-YYYY Firstname Lastname <address@example.com>
- Copyright © YYYY,YYYY Firstname Lastname <address@example.com>
+ a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that. Examples:
.
+ Copyright YYYY Firstname Lastname <address@example.com>
+ Copr. YYYY-YYYY Firstname Lastname <address@example.com>
+ © YYYY,YYYY Firstname Lastname <address@example.com>
.
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
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 31faa25..0e25865 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ lintian (2.4.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* 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/copyright-file.desc:
+ + [RA] Add examples for copyright-without-copyright-notice. Based on
+ a patch by Jari Aalto. (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,
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