[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.4.3-253-g5c5f7af

[Raphael Geissert]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 45e9b097390808ef68c660b1f987c5d8f4555db2
Author: Raphael Geissert <atom...@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Feb 19 20:46:02 2011 -0600

    Better document intention of d-watch-file-should-use-sf-redirector
    
    * checks/watch-file.desc:
      + [RG] Document that relying on SourceForge's webpages for finding
        new versions is not recommended either.  (Closes: #593603)

diff --git a/checks/watch-file.desc b/checks/watch-file.desc
index 3b905d6..f35ce8c 100644
--- a/checks/watch-file.desc
+++ b/checks/watch-file.desc
@@ -104,16 +104,17 @@ Tag: debian-watch-file-should-use-sf-redirector
 Severity: normal
 Certainty: certain
 Ref: uscan(1)
-Info: The watch file specifies a SourceForge download server directly.
- This is not recommended; SourceForge changes their download servers
- periodically, requiring watch files to be modified every time.  Instead,
- use the qa.debian.org redirector by using the magic URL:
+Info: The watch file specifies a SourceForge page or download server
+ directly.  This is not recommended; SourceForge changes their download
+ servers and website periodically, requiring watch files to be modified
+ every time.  Instead, use the qa.debian.org redirector by using the magic
+ URL:
  .
    http://sf.net/&lt;project&gt;/&lt;tar-name&gt;-(.+)\.tar\.gz
  .
  replacing <tt>&lt;project&gt;</tt> with the name of the SourceForge
  project and <tt>&lt;tar-name&gt;</tt> with the name of the tarball
- distributed within that project.
+ distributed within that project.  Adjust the filename regex as necessary.
 
 Tag: debian-watch-file-specifies-wrong-upstream-version
 Severity: normal
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 482a4af..43ae34a 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ lintian (2.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * checks/watch-file{,.desc}:
     + [NT] Added check for dh_make(1) templates in the watch file.
     Thanks to Nelson A. de Oliveira for the report.  (Closes: #600866)
+    + [RG] Document that relying on SourceForge's webpages for finding
+      new versions is not recommended either.  (Closes: #593603)
 
   * collection/objdump-info:
     + [RG] Support stricter parameter handling of objdump-info from

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