[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.5.2-50-ga702809

["Niels Thykier" <niels@thykier.net>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit a702809d0000fe43f29333a53036fc77ff8e15a2
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Tue Aug 23 23:38:13 2011 +0200

    Improved the descriptions of some tags

diff --git a/checks/filename-length.desc b/checks/filename-length.desc
index eefec1b..e94b9d1 100644
--- a/checks/filename-length.desc
+++ b/checks/filename-length.desc
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@ Info: This script checks for long package file names
 Tag: package-has-long-file-name
 Severity: normal
 Certainty: certain
-Info: The package has a very long package name.  This may complicate
- shipping the package on some media such as CDs, where the filename
- length may be limited.
+Info: The package has a very long filename.  This may complicate
+ shipping the package on some media that put restrictions on the
+ length of the filenames (such as CDs).
  .
- For architecture dependent package names, the number in the brackets
+ For architecture dependent package, the number in the brackets
  represents the filename length on of the package on the architecture
  with the longest name known to Lintian.
  .
- The tag is emitted based on the longest architecture rather than the
- current architecture.
+ The tag is emitted based on the length of longest architecture name
+ rather than the name of the current architecture.
 Ref: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/03/msg00943.html
 
 Tag: source-package-component-has-long-file-name
 Severity: normal
 Certainty: certain
 Info: The source package has a component with a very long filename.
- This may complicate shipping the package on some media such as CDs,
- where the filename length may be limited.
+ This may complicate shipping the package on some media that put
+ restrictions on the length of the filenames (such as CDs).
  .
- Note for architecture dependent packages, this will tag will be
- triggered for the longest architecture known.
+ Lintian only checks emits this tag once per source package based
+ on the component with the longest filename.
 Ref: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/03/msg00943.html
 
diff --git a/checks/rules.desc b/checks/rules.desc
index 034399f..36df500 100644
--- a/checks/rules.desc
+++ b/checks/rules.desc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Tag: debian-rules-uses-deprecated-makefile
 Severity: normal
 Certainty: certain
 Info: The <tt>debian/rules</tt> file for this package appears to
- include a Makefile, which has been deprecated.  Please refer to the
+ include a Makefile that has been deprecated.  Please refer to the
  documentation of the providing package for a replacement (if any).
 
 Tag: debian-rules-uses-pwd
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b28e13a..edb2f6b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ lintian (2.5.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       be the first dependency if it is only included in the perl
       from experimental.  Thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for the
       report and the patch.  (Closes: #637793)
+  * checks/{filenames,rules}.desc:
+    + [NT] Improved the descriptions of some tags.  (Closes: #639018)
   * checks/files:
     + [NT] Added exceptions to "extra-license-file" for manpages,
       static libraries, .pc-, elf and pyshared-data-files.  This

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