sponsor-patch: Perform strict validation on the first changelog entry.

debian/changelog

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.131) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       version numbers (LP: #727314)
     - Iterate over changelog blocks rather than using Changelog's private
       _blocks list.
-  * ubuntutools.update_maintainer: Don't use strict changelog parsing
+  LP: #806633:
-    (LP: #806633)
+    - ubuntutools.update_maintainer: Don't use strict changelog parsing
+    - sponsor-patch: Perform strict validation on the first changelog entry.
   * setup-packaging-environment:
     - Software Sources isn't on the Administration menu, post Gnome 2
       (LP: #841975)

ubuntutools/sponsor_patch/sponsor_patch.py

@@ -315,8 +315,17 @@ def sponsor_patch(bug_number, build, builder, edit, keyid, lpinstance, update,
             Logger.error("update-maintainer script failed.")
             sys.exit(1)
 
+        # Check the changelog
+        changelog = debian.changelog.Changelog()
+        try:
+            changelog.parse_changelog(file("debian/changelog"), max_blocks=1,
+                                      strict=True)
+        except debian.changelog.ChangelogParseError, e:
+            Logger.error("The changelog entry doesn't validate: %s", str(e))
+            ask_for_manual_fixing()
+            continue
+
         # Get new version of package
-        changelog = debian.changelog.Changelog(file("debian/changelog"))
         try:
             new_version = changelog.get_version()
         except IndexError: