Bug#872810: /usr/bin/namecheck: namecheck checks obsolete sites, interprets error as "reserved"

[Lars Wirzenius]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.17.6+deb9u1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/namecheck

Dear Maintainer,

I wanted to check if the name "salami" is in use.

    $ namecheck salami
    Testing salami.tuxfamily.org - Available
    Testing    alioth.debian.org - Available
    Testing        freshmeat.netERROR fetching http://freshmeat.net/projects/salami      - 500 Status read failed: Connection reset by peer
    Testing        launchpad.net - Available
    Testing     savannah.gnu.org - Available
    Testing      sourceforge.netERROR fetching http://sourceforge.net/projects/salami    - 500 Status read failed: Connection reset by peer
    Testing        www.ohloh.net - Available
    Testing              gna.orgERROR fetching https://gna.org/projects/salami           - 500 Can't connect to gna.org:443
    Testing      code.google.com - In use
    Aborting - name 'salami' is currently used.
    $ 

The freshmeat, sourceforge, and gna sites seems to be gone or
permanently down. Possily namecheck should stop checking them.

Also, if a site reports an error that doesn't mean the name is in use.
At best namecheck should report that it doesn't know if a name is in
use if one of the sites reports an error.

Thanks and happy hacking.

-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
DEBSIGN_KEYID=44E17740B8611E9C
DSCVERIFY_KEYRINGS=/home/liw/.gnupg/pubring.gpg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev              1.18.24
ii  libc6                 2.24-11+deb9u1
ii  libfile-homedir-perl  1.00-1
ii  perl                  5.24.1-3+deb9u1
ii  python3               3.5.3-1

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.4.7
ii  at                          3.1.20-3
ii  curl                        7.52.1-5
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2+b1
ii  debian-keyring              2017.05.28
ii  dput                        0.12.1
ii  equivs                      2.0.9+nmu1
ii  fakeroot                    1.21-3.1
ii  file                        1:5.30-1
ii  gnupg                       2.1.18-6
ii  gnupg2                      2.1.18-6
ii  libdistro-info-perl         0.14
ii  libdpkg-perl                1.18.24
ii  libencode-locale-perl       1.05-1
ii  libgit-wrapper-perl         0.047-1
ii  liblist-compare-perl        0.53-1
ii  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  6.06-2
ii  libsoap-lite-perl           1.20-1
ii  liburi-perl                 1.71-1
ii  libwww-perl                 6.15-1
ii  licensecheck                3.0.29-1
ii  lintian                     2.5.50.4
ii  man-db                      2.7.6.1-2
ii  patch                       2.7.5-1+b2
ii  patchutils                  0.3.4-2
ii  python3-debian              0.1.30
ii  python3-magic               1:5.30-1
ii  sensible-utils              0.0.9
ii  strace                      4.15-2
ii  unzip                       6.0-21
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-2
ii  wget                        1.18-5
ii  xz-utils                    5.2.2-1.2+b1

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn  adequate                     <none>
pn  autopkgtest                  <none>
pn  bls-standalone               <none>
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4
ii  build-essential              12.3
pn  check-all-the-things         <none>
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
pn  diffoscope                   <none>
pn  disorderfs                   <none>
pn  dose-extra                   <none>
pn  duck                         <none>
pn  faketime                     <none>
ii  gnuplot                      5.0.5+dfsg1-6+deb9u1
ii  gpgv                         2.1.18-6
ii  how-can-i-help               15
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1600-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.22-1
pn  libnet-smtps-perl            <none>
pn  libterm-size-perl            <none>
ii  libtimedate-perl             2.3000-2
pn  libyaml-syck-perl            <none>
ii  mailutils [mailx]            1:3.1.1-1
pn  mozilla-devscripts           <none>
ii  mutt                         1.7.2-1
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.4p1-10+deb9u1
pn  piuparts                     <none>
pn  ratt                         <none>
pn  reprotest                    <none>
pn  svn-buildpackage             <none>
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-34

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