[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.5.3-230-gdb27d55
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit db27d5506b9ba4fd9a44ca8a2a3ba4ea3717943a
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date: Sun Nov 20 14:19:14 2011 +0100
Clarified the PHP license tag is only for the PHP interpreter
Also mentioned that PEAR modules are *not* a part of the
interpreter and therefore cannot use the license.
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
diff --git a/checks/copyright-file.desc b/checks/copyright-file.desc
index e9f472f..3af3823 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file.desc
+++ b/checks/copyright-file.desc
@@ -272,8 +272,12 @@ Tag: copyright-refers-to-bad-php-license
Severity: serious
Certainty: possible
Info: This package appears to be covered by version 2.x of the PHP license,
- which is not appropriate for anything other than PHP itself.
-Ref: http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html
+ which is not appropriate for anything other than the PHP interpreter
+ itself.
+ .
+ Note that PEAR modules are not a part of the PHP interpreter and cannot
+ use this license.
+Ref: http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html, #616436
Tag: copyright-refers-to-problematic-php-license
Severity: serious
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a5bc215..9f7f5da 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ lintian (2.5.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ [NT] Extended the description of the tag for non-native packages
with native versions. Thanks to Jari Aalto for the report.
(Closes: #580048)
+ * checks/copyright.desc:
+ + [RG,NT] Clarified that the PHP 2.x license is only for the PHP
+ interpreter and PEAR modules cannot use it. Thanks to
+ Thomas Goirand for the report. (Closes: #616436)
* checks/deb-format{,.desc}:
+ [NT] Added check for using .xz compression in deb files without
versioned Pre-Depends on dpkg. The severity is pedantic for
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