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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 (4 bugs: 0, 4, 0, 0)
backintime-qt (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.6.0-rc2 high

A new upstream version 1.6.0-rc2 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-02-05 23:00

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 1.5.6-1, 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 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: 2026-02-05 19:03

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: 6 7
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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