lintian 2.5.53 source package in Ubuntu
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lintian (2.5.53) unstable; urgency=medium The "we are all Perl developers now" release. * Summary of tag changes: + Added: - alternatively-build-depends-on-python-sphinx-and-python3-sphinx - build-depends-on-python-sphinx-only - dependency-on-python-version-marked-for-end-of-life - maintainer-script-interpreter - missing-call-to-dpkg-maintscript-helper - node-package-install-in-nodejs-rootdir - override-file-in-wrong-package - package-installs-java-bytecode - python-foo-but-no-python3-foo - script-needs-depends-on-sensible-utils - script-uses-deprecated-nodejs-location - transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-optional - unnecessary-testsuite-autopkgtest-header - vcs-browser-links-to-empty-view + Removed: - debug-package-should-be-priority-extra - missing-classpath - transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-extra * checks/apache2.pm: + [CL] Fix an apache2-unparsable-dependency false positive by allowing periods (".") in dependency names. (Closes: #873701) * checks/binaries.pm: + [CL] Apply patches from Guillem Jover & Boud Roukema to improve the description of the binary-file-built-without-LFS-support tag. (Closes: #874078) * checks/changes.{pm,desc}: + [CL] Ignore DFSG-repacked packages when checking for upstream source tarball signatures as they will never match by definition. (Closes: #871957) + [CL] Downgrade severity of orig-tarball-missing-upstream-signature from "E:" to "W:" as many common tools do not make including the signatures easy enough right now. (Closes: #870722, #870069) + [CL] Expand the explanation of the orig-tarball-missing-upstream-signature tag to include the location of where dpkg-source will look. Thanks to Theodore Ts'o for the suggestion. * checks/copyright-file.pm: + [CL] Address a number of issues in copyright-year-in-future: - Prevent false positives in port numbers, email addresses, ISO standard numbers and matching specific and general street addresses. (Closes: #869788) - Match all violating years in a line, not just the first (eg. "2000-2107"). - Ignore meta copyright statements such as "Original Author". Thanks to Thorsten Alteholz for the bug report. (Closes: #873323) - Expand testsuite. * checks/cruft.{pm,desc}: + [CL] Downgrade severity of file-contains-fixme-placeholder tag from "important" (ie. "E:") to "wishlist" (ie. "I:"). Thanks to Gregor Herrmann for the suggestion. + [CL] Apply patch from Alex Muntada (alexm) to use "substr" instead of "substring" in mentions-deprecated-usr-lib-perl5-directory's description. (Closes: #871767) + [CL] Don't check copyright_hints file for FIXME placeholders. (Closes: #872843) + [CL] Don't match quoted "FIXME" variants as they are almost always deliberate. Thanks to Adrian Bunk for the report. (Closes: #870199) + [CL] Avoid false positives in missing source checks for "CSS Browser Selector". (Closes: #874381) * checks/debhelper.pm: + [CL] Prevent a false positive of missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command that can be exposed by following the advice for the recently added useless-autoreconf-build-depends tag. (Closes: #869541) * checks/debian-readme.{pm,desc}: + [CL] Ensure readme-debian-contains-debmake-template also checks for templates "Automatically generated by debmake". * checks/description.{desc,pm}: + [CL] Clarify explanation of description-starts-with-leading-spaces tag. Thanks to Taylor Kline <email address hidden> for the report and patch. (Closes: #849622) + [NT] Skip capitalization-error-in-description-synopsis for auto-generated packages (such as dbgsym packages). * checks/fields.{desc,pm}: + [CL] Ensure that python3-foo packages have "Section: python", not just python2-foo. (Closes: #870272) + [RG] Do no longer require debug packages to be priority extra. + [BR] Use Lintian::Data for name/section mapping + [CL] Check for packages including "?rev=0&sc=0" in Vcs-Browser. (Closes: #681713) + [NT] Transitional packages should now be "oldlibs/optional" rather than "oldlibs/extra". The related tag has been renamed accordingly. * checks/filename-length.pm: + [NT] Skip the check on auto-generated binary packages (such as dbgsym packages). * checks/files.{pm,desc}: + [BR] Avoid privacy-breach-generic false positives for legal.xml. + [BR] Detect install of node package under /usr/lib/nodejs/[^/]*$ + [CL] Check for packages shipping compiled Java class files. Thanks Carnë Draug <email address hidden>. (Closes: #873211) + [BR] Privacy breach is no longer experimental. * checks/init.d.desc: + [RG] Do not recommend a versioned dependency on lsb-base in init.d-script-needs-depends-on-lsb-base. (Closes: #847144) * checks/java.pm: + [CL] Additionally consider .cljc files as code to avoid false- positive codeless-jar warnings. (Closes: #870649) + [CL] Drop problematic missing-classpath check. (Closes: #857123) * checks/menu-format.desc: + [CL] Prevent false positives in desktop-entry-lacks-keywords-entry for "Link" and "Directory" .desktop files. (Closes: #873702) * checks/python.{pm,desc}: + [CL] Split out Python checks from "scripts" check to a new, source check of type "source". + [CL] Check for python-foo without corresponding python3-foo packages to assist in Python 2.x deprecation. (Closes: #870681) + [CL] Check for packages that Build-Depend on python-sphinx only. (Closes: #870730) + [CL] Check for packages that alternatively Build-Depend on the Python 2 and Python 3 versions of Sphinx. (Closes: #870758) + [CL] Check for binary packages that depend on Python 2.x. (Closes: #870822) * checks/scripts.pm: + [CL] Correct false positives in unconditional-use-of-dpkg-statoverride by detecting "if !" as a valid shell prefix. (Closes: #869587) + [CL] Check for missing calls to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) in maintainer scripts. (Closes: #872042) + [CL] Check for packages using sensible-utils without declaring a dependency after its split from debianutils. (Closes: #872611) + [CL] Warn about scripts using "nodejs" as an interpreter now that nodejs provides /usr/bin/node. (Closes: #873096) + [BR] Add a statistic tag giving interpreter. * checks/testsuite.{desc,pm}: + [CL] Remove recommendations to add a "Testsuite: autopkgtest" field to debian/control as it is added when needed by dpkg-source(1) since dpkg 1.17.1. (Closes: #865531) + [CL] Warn if we see an unnecessary "Testsuite: autopkgtest" header in debian/control. + [NT] Recognise "autopkgtest-pkg-go" as a valid test suite. + [CL] Recognise "autopkgtest-pkg-elpa" as a valid test suite. (Closes: #873458) + [CL] Recognise "autopkgtest-pkg-octave" as a valid test suite. (Closes: #875985) + [CL] Update the description of unknown-testsuite to reflect that "autopkgtest" is not the only valid value; the referenced URL is out-of-date (filed as #876008). (Closes: #876003) * data/binaries/embedded-libs: + [RG] Detect embedded copies of heimdal, libgxps, libquicktime, libsass, libytnef, and taglib. + [RG] Use an additional string to detect embedded copies of openjpeg2. (Closes: #762956) * data/fields/name_section_mappings: + [BR] node- package section is javascript. + [CL] Apply patch from Guillem Jover to add more section mappings. (Closes: #874121) * data/fields/obsolete-packages: + [MR] Add dh-systemd. (Closes: #872076) * data/fields/perl-provides: + [CL] Refresh perl provides. * data/fields/virtual-packages: + [CL] Update data file from archive. This fixes a false positive for "bacula-director". (Closes: #835120) * data/files/obsolete-paths: + [CL] Add note to /etc/bash_completion.d entry regarding stricter filename requirements. (Closes: #814599) * data/files/privacy-breaker-websites: + [BR] Detect custom donation logos like apache. + [BR] Detect generic counter website. * data/standards-version/release-dates: + [CL] Add 4.0.1 and 4.1.0 as known standards versions. (Closes: #875509) * debian/control: + [CL] Mention Debian Policy v4.1.0 in the description. + [CL] Add myself to Uploaders. + [CL] Drop unnecessary "Testsuite: autopkgtest"; this is implied from debian/tests/control existing. * commands/info.pm: + [CL] Add a --list-tags option to print all tags Lintian knows about. Thanks to Rajendra Gokhale for the suggestion. (Closes: #779675) * commands/lintian.pm: + [CL] Apply patch from Maia Everett to avoid British spelling when using en_US locale. (Closes: #868897) * lib/Lintian/Check.pm: + [CL] Stop emitting {maintainer,uploader}-address-causes-mail-loops for @packages.debian.org addresses. (Closes: #871575) * lib/Lintian/Collect/Binary.pm: + [NT] Introduce an "auto-generated" argument for "is_pkg_class". * lib/Lintian/Data.pm: + [CL] Modify Lintian::Data's "all" to always return keys in insertion order, dropping dependency on libtie-ixhash-perl. * helpers/coll/objdump-info-helper: + [CL] Apply patch from Steve Langasek to accommodate binutils 2.29 outputting symbols in a different format on ppc64el. (Closes: #869750) * t/tests/fields-perl-provides/tags: + [CL] Update expected output to match new Perl provides. * t/tests/files-privacybreach/*: + [CL] Add explicit test for packages including external fonts via the Google Font API. Thanks to Ian Jackson for the report. (Closes: #873434) + [CL] Add explicit test for packages including external fonts via the Typekit API via <script/> HTML tags. * t/tests/*/desc: + [CL] Add missing entries in "Test-For" fields to make development/testing workflow less error-prone. * private/generate-tag-summary: + [CL] git-describe(1) will usually emit 7 hexadecimal digits as the abbreviated object name, However, as this can be user-dependent, pass --abbrev=0 to ensure it does not vary between systems. This also means we do not need to strip it ourselves. * private/refresh-*: + [CL] Use deb.debian.org as the default mirror. + [CL] Update locations of Contents-<arch> files; they are now namespaced by distribution (eg. "main"). -- Chris Lamb <email address hidden> Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:25:06 +0100
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- devel
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