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general

source: backintime (main)
version: 1.5.5-1
maintainer: Jonathan Wiltshire (DMD)
uploaders: Fabian Wolff [DMD] – Fabio Fantoni [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.2.1-3
oldstable: 1.3.3-4
stable: 1.5.5-1
testing: 1.5.5-1
unstable: 1.5.5-1

versioned links

1.2.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.3.3-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.5.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

backintime-common (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
backintime-qt (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.6.1 high

A new upstream version 1.6.1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-02-26 10:00

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2026-02-23 Last update: 2026-02-26 11:00

AppStream hints: 2 warnings for backintime-qt normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

backintime-qt: 2 warnings

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2026-02-23 Last update: 2026-02-23 04:00

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 1.6.1-1, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 113ca2df6efa394e9439e2762e35a6e4249435aa
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sun Feb 22 21:18:32 2026 +0100

    update changelog

commit 4ee4068f7661d1a703d30d961c98f408bbfa1402
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Thu Feb 19 23:00:25 2026 +0100

    update d/lrc.config

commit 6fe129ad121dd238ca72afc1b5bef3cbb03d701a
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Thu Feb 19 22:47:28 2026 +0100

    other update to d/copyright

commit 88f1d7ae7471e0098ff6c2070e4f724d801d86f7
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 14:57:06 2026 +0100

    d/copyright: try to workaround an upstream issue
    
    will be solved upstream

commit 07579dd019d9c89942d27e25f0ed222e99a879fb
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 14:51:16 2026 +0100

    add a lintian override again

commit edc4d7b71b4ae62b5cb8adc9f00cb8d8be2a2d43
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 14:30:11 2026 +0100

    keep "duplicated" license files for now
    
    upstream need to improve part using them to avoid issues when are missed

commit e1fd69628bc14d43d297691ba51f9785b3b4a36c
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Feb 14 17:43:38 2026 +0100

    improve user manual
    
    Based on lintian warnings and info:
    - Add patch to disable Google Fonts for privacy (font: false)
    - Remove sitemap.xml and 404.html not needed for local docs
    - Register documentation via doc-base

commit 6a824ba97ebcb21766a849749286660998936745
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Feb 14 17:12:56 2026 +0100

    generate local user manual
    
    - d/control: add mkdocs-material to build-deps
    - d/rules: generate user manual and put in backintime-common in
    /usr/share/doc/backintime-common/manual/

commit a2c087d6dea47a3a17794ae6c8728a7b425cca58
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 22:19:14 2026 +0100

    update changelog, mention closed bug and add forwarded tag to the patch
    
    Closes: #1091714

commit cfa2a35c466f066335078a04663da2923eb82ddf
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 20:34:13 2026 +0100

    remove unused lintian override

commit d8dea1fef90c96f2acccb9ebc19d30c8b6e0c68b
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 20:28:38 2026 +0100

    update d/copyright

commit 4edcb090f3db5326aaf4a2a84a08eb4a976ddc23
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 20:04:57 2026 +0100

    add d/p/0001-Fix-missing-man5-directory-creation-in-configure.patch
    
    fix an error spotted with lintian:
    E: backintime-common: odd-place-for-manual-page [usr/share/man/man5.gz]

commit eed2a05cc2b6908ffbf734f75a599bb8570dd972
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 18:57:03 2026 +0100

    d/control: add missing deps and build-deps for new upstream version
    
    - Build-Depends: add asciidoctor (needed for manpages generation)
    - backintime-common Recommends: add gocryptfs (maintained encfs
    alternative)
    - backintime-qt Depends: add python3-pyqt6.qtsvg, qt6-translations-l10n
    - backintime-qt Recommends: add qt6-wayland (for Wayland support)

commit 22106cc56f4e5f12c58b729aa7a2d5716272964f
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 18:21:14 2026 +0100

    update changelog

commit 632ef4560c91389eba4e64a8863c13c8cfaeb97f
Merge: 31da498 6e8ccc9
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 18:13:38 2026 +0100

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.6.1'
    
    Update to upstream version '1.6.1'
    with Debian dir 2c059e0a4b55bcd9dd9af182dca65eea1ccb4fbb

commit 6e8ccc9b119966639368f42ec7c43d8a48f8064a
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Fri Feb 13 18:13:27 2026 +0100

    New upstream version 1.6.1

commit 31da498365f18a1c7d15fc83a63cb37176960980
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:58:42 2026 +0100

    d/salsa-ci.yml: licenserecon now included in the main pipeline

commit 7501985cce369434a66340843c0484ad0e187df7
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:51:42 2026 +0100

    update changelog

commit c2196b74fea33131f90f2fe6497f51a4e8bc45dd
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:49:02 2026 +0100

    d/upstream/metadata: add Repository field

commit 5e089fda4dcd6cf37a86d6218edab997b590d5de
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:47:21 2026 +0100

    d/README.source: remove, have only obsolete content
    
    the project now use gbp, with gbp pq is easier and faster

commit ed695919732ce96109bdf47997ff7a58ccf1e9a5
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:44:34 2026 +0100

    d/menu: remove deprecated Debian menu file
    
    Debian Policy §9.6 states that packages providing a .desktop file must
    not also provide a Debian menu entry. Upstream already ships .desktop
    files.

commit 8a58226c9de78b567f8b7ef02c026be7205d27ff
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:17:08 2026 +0100

    d/control: remove obsolete Breaks/Replaces/Conflicts
    
    The backintime-qt4 and backintime-kde4 transitional packages were
    already removed in oldstable and before.

commit ffebf727fbee0b18d13e9dbde86676f63bc66e20
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:13:57 2026 +0100

    d/control: add gettext to Build-Depends
    
    is better add explicit deps, so if will be removed from deps of deps
    will be still ok

commit 45d688fd65d037826df12c5ac2292a85ce869d3f
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 15:00:08 2026 +0100

    update changelog
    
    Closes: #1117254

commit 3648dcc10aaa8d669287978d225081a58347beb8
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 14:55:15 2026 +0100

    Update standards version to 4.7.3, no changes needed

commit faa5fc8e27b2848dcba989db9718786b867bc58d
Merge: 47be0a9 f551c73
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 14:53:42 2026 +0100

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/1.5.6'
    
    Update to upstream version '1.5.6'
    with Debian dir 42ab5631b8e82ab1a671970f48eccb6e22d00487

commit f551c7325fec288a7e9581ce45019db9e1551409
Author: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>
Date:   Sat Jan 31 14:53:27 2026 +0100

    New upstream version 1.5.6

Created: 2026-01-31 Last update: 2026-02-22 21:32

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2025-02-15 Last update: 2025-04-14 02:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2025-06-22] backintime 1.5.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-17] Accepted backintime 1.5.5-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2025-04-22] backintime 1.5.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-11] Accepted backintime 1.5.4-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni) (signed by: Christoph Martin)
[2025-02-20] backintime 1.5.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-14] Accepted backintime 1.5.3-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni) (signed by: Christoph Martin)
[2024-08-15] backintime 1.5.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-10] Accepted backintime 1.5.2-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2024-03-01] backintime 1.4.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-25] Accepted backintime 1.4.3-1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni) (signed by: Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2024-01-05] backintime 1.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-05] backintime 1.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-30] Accepted backintime 1.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2023-02-10] backintime 1.3.3-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-04] Accepted backintime 1.3.3-4 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2023-01-25] backintime 1.3.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-20] Accepted backintime 1.3.3-3 (source) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2023-01-19] Accepted backintime 1.3.3-2 (source all) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2023-01-19] Accepted backintime 1.3.3-1 (source all) into unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2022-04-30] backintime 1.3.2-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-25] Accepted backintime 1.3.2-0.1 (source) into unstable (Fabio Fantoni) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2021-06-08] backintime 1.2.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-05-31] Accepted backintime 1.2.1-3 (source) into unstable (Fabian Wolff) (signed by: Tobias Frost)
[2019-11-06] backintime 1.2.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-10-31] Accepted backintime 1.2.1-2 (source) into unstable (Fabian Wolff) (signed by: Dmitry Shachnev)
[2019-10-11] Accepted backintime 1.2.1-1 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Jonathan Wiltshire)
[2019-09-23] backintime REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-28] backintime 1.1.24-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-22] Accepted backintime 1.1.24-0.1 (source all) into unstable (Fabian Wolff) (signed by: Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2017-12-09] backintime REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7 8
RC: 0
I&N: 4 5
M&W: 1
F&P: 2
patch: 0

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