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general

source: alien (main)
version: 8.95.8
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 8.95.4
oldstable: 8.95.6
stable: 8.95.8
testing: 8.95.8
unstable: 8.95.8

versioned links

8.95.4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.95.6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.95.8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

alien (15 bugs: 0, 9, 6, 0)

action needed

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-10-11 12:57

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 8.95.9-1, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit edf7d57fc7578ea55001f93d813fa8a819b2207f
Author: Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 10 21:04:53 2025 +0500

    Update version 5 watch file format

commit 9818db7d99eae58f1b2c757a638b182ee1bd9077
Author: Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 10 01:04:49 2025 +0500

    Added description to lintian overrides

commit d2370e1ab919eb287d37260b5e58a914e0a3c263
Author: Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 8 20:49:20 2025 +0500

    Adopt package
      * Updated project type to quilt in d/source.
      * Added d/watch and d/gbp.conf
      * Updated d/copyright
      * Fix lintian warnings
      * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.2

commit b4d2d349da8588ea47a7e1cffa08050865dcbf2f
Merge: fc978d1 aed104f
Author: Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 8 20:09:34 2025 +0500

    Merge tag 'upstream/8.95.9'
    
    Upstream version 8.95.9
    
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commit fc978d16d2df0c5fb82dc8ce814ab563a1ebb61f
Author: Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 8 20:07:45 2025 +0500

    Added gbp.conf and watch for new upstream

Created: 2025-10-09 Last update: 2025-10-10 18:00

ITA: Someone intends to adopt this package. normal

This package has been orphaned, but someone intends to maintain it. Please see bug number #791522 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2025-08-28 14:00

1 open merge request in Salsa normal

There is 1 open merge request for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-08-19 06:28

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-11-25 Last update: 2024-11-25 14:32

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.2).

Created: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24

news

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[2024-11-30] alien 8.95.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-25] Accepted alien 8.95.8 (source) into unstable (Daniel Alber Costa) (signed by: Marcos Talau)
[2024-06-28] alien 8.95.7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-22] Accepted alien 8.95.7 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-05-31] alien 8.95.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-31] alien 8.95.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-25] Accepted alien 8.95.6 (source) into unstable (Jelmer Vernooĳ) (signed by: Jelmer Vernooij)
[2021-09-02] Accepted alien 8.95.5~bpo11+1 (source all) into bullseye-backports, bullseye-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Boyuan Yang)
[2021-08-27] alien 8.95.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-08-22] Accepted alien 8.95.5 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2021-04-18] alien 8.95.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-04-07] Accepted alien 8.95.4 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2021-02-22] alien 8.95.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-11] Accepted alien 8.95.3 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2021-01-07] alien 8.95+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-01] Accepted alien 8.95+nmu1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2020-11-11] Accepted alien 8.95.2 (source) into experimental (Thiago da Silva Gracini) (signed by: Samuel Henrique)
[2020-03-31] Accepted alien 8.95.1 (source) into experimental (Boyuan Yang)
[2015-09-17] alien 8.95 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-09-11] Accepted alien 8.95 (source all) into unstable (Fabiano Antunes) (signed by: Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2015-07-31] alien 8.94 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-07-25] Accepted alien 8.94 (source all) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
[2015-04-27] alien 8.93 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-11-07] Accepted alien 8.93 (source all) into unstable (Joey Hess)
[2014-09-06] alien 8.92 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-08-31] Accepted alien 8.92 (source all) into unstable (Joey Hess)
[2014-06-19] alien 8.91 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-06-13] Accepted alien 8.91 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2014-03-05] alien 8.90 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-02-27] Accepted alien 8.90 (source all) (Joey Hess)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 15
RC: 0
I&N: 9
M&W: 6
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 8.95.8
12 bugs (1 patch)