Bug#681713: lintian: Please add a test which checks Vcs-Browser headers for hardcoded revisions/commits
Hi,
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 09:31:47PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote:
> today I noticed that the Vcs-Browser header of the debian-junior source
debian-junior was just fixed (and uploaded).
> package included query string ?rev=0&sc=0 which leads to an empty view
> of the repository (due to containing no commit). See
> http://bugs.debian.org/681709 for details.
>
> To keep the header useful even for people without any knowledge of the
> used VCS viewer, suffixes like this should never be included in the
> Vcs-Browser header.
>
> After filing the bug report I noticed that many more package are
> affected by the same issue, although mostly from the Debian Pure Blend,
> Debian Science and Debian Med teams (X-Debbugs-Cc'ed):
>
> $ fgrep -h rev= /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_{experimental,sid}_main_source_Sources | sort -u
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/blends/blends/trunk/blends/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/blends/projects/debichem/trunk/debichem/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/blends/projects/ezgo/trunk/debian-ezgo/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/blends/projects/gis/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
Fixed in SVN.
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/cdd/cdd/trunk/cdd/?rev=0&sc=0
Was replaced by blends package - should not exist as a source package in
recent distributions any more.
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-edu/trunk/src/debian-edu/?rev=0&sc=0
Fixed in SVN.
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/pkg-games/packages/trunk/box2d/box2d-2.0.1/?rev=0&sc=0
Fixed in SVN. ;-)
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/community/infrastructure/getData/?rev=0&sc=0trunk
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/abacas/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/alien-hunter/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/amap-align/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/ampliconnoise/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/biococoa/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/ctn/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/dialign/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/dialign-t/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/dotur/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/emboss-explorer/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0trunk
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/ensembl/libbio-das-lite-perl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/figtree/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/glam2/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/igstk/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/insighttoolkit/wrapitk/python/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libace-perl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libbio-mage-perl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libbio-mage-utils-perl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libctapimkt/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libg2/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libgenome/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libgo-perl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libjam-java/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/libjebl2-java/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/loki/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/melting/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/mencal/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/minc/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/mriconvert/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/muscle/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/plasmidomics/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/primer3/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/probalign/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/python-biopython/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/python-cogent/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/pythonqt/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/rostlab/disulfinder/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/rostlab/libai-fann-perl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/rostlab/pp-popularity-contest/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/rostlab/profnet/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-bioc-hilbertvis/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-cran-epitools/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-cran-g.data/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-cran-medadherence/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/seqan/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/sibsim4/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/sim4/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/snap/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/srf/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/staden-io-lib/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/tigr-glimmer/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/volpack/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/vxl/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/cimg/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/libgtkdatabox/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/openigtlink/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-amore/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-colorspace/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-msm/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-sp/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-teachingdemos/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-xtable/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/slicer/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-science/packages/z88/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
All these were automatically fixed in SVN - so problem will be fixed
once the packages will be uploaded due to some other / better / stronger
reason.
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-discover/discover-data/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-escience/sumo-analyzer/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-escience/torque/trunk/?rev=0&sc=0
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exppsy/psignifit/?rev=0&sc=0
No idea about these
> Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-postgresql/trunk/postgresql-plr/?rev=0&sc=0
Fixed in SVN.
Hope this helps
Andreas.
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