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general

source: bibtool (main)
version: 2.68+ds-3
maintainer: Debian Tex Task Force (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Jerome Benoit [DMD] – Norbert Preining [DMD]
arch: any
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: 2.68+ds-1
oldstable: 2.68+ds-1
stable: 2.68+ds-3
testing: 2.68+ds-3
unstable: 2.68+ds-3

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2.68+ds-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.68+ds-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

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bibtool

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lintian reports 1 error high

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

Created: 2025-04-21 Last update: 2025-04-21 05:30

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: 2018-09-11 Last update: 2026-06-28 13:00

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 2.68+ds-3.1, 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 dfa92986d52c0785dda98175fedf67c43231bb22
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Thu Jun 18 00:28:31 2026 +0200

    Fix debian/copyright.

commit 604e52596d4618f3c4a4995b2e47e3732aece1dc
Author: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>
Date:   Mon Jun 15 22:43:27 2026 +0200

    Replace full text of CC-BY-SA-3.0 in d/copyright by reference.

Created: 2026-06-15 Last update: 2026-06-26 02:03

debian/patches: 7 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 13 debian patches available in version 2.68+ds-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

7 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-04-21 10:32

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2025-05-01] bibtool 2.68+ds-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-20] Accepted bibtool 2.68+ds-3 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2025-04-15] bibtool 2.68+ds-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-12] Accepted bibtool 2.68+ds-2 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2020-05-31] bibtool 2.68+ds-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-29] Accepted bibtool 2.68+ds-1 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2020-01-19] bibtool 2.67+ds-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-01-17] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-7 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2019-08-08] bibtool 2.67+ds-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-08-06] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-6 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2018-03-01] bibtool 2.67+ds-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-23] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-5 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2018-02-22] bibtool 2.67+ds-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-16] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-4 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2018-01-06] bibtool 2.67+ds-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-31] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-3 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2017-06-29] bibtool 2.67+ds-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-06-23] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-2 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2017-05-12] Accepted bibtool 2.67+ds-1 (source amd64) into experimental (Jerome Benoit)
[2017-02-04] bibtool 2.66+ds-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-01-28] Accepted bibtool 2.66+ds-4 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2017-01-28] Accepted bibtool 2.66+ds-3 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2017-01-06] bibtool 2.66+ds-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-27] Accepted bibtool 2.66+ds-2 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2016-11-15] bibtool 2.66+ds-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-11-10] Accepted bibtool 2.66+ds-1 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2016-10-14] bibtool 2.65+ds-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-10-09] Accepted bibtool 2.65+ds-2 (source) into unstable (Jerome Benoit)
[2016-06-20] bibtool 2.65+ds-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-06-15] Accepted bibtool 2.65+ds-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Jerome Benoit) (signed by: Norbert Preining)

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