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  • source: debian-history (main)
  • version: 14.1
  • maintainer: Debian Publicity Team (DMD)
  • uploaders: Osamu Aoki [DMD] – Bdale Garbee [DMD] – Joost van Baal-Ilić [DMD] – Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña [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: 2.25
  • oldstable: 2.28
  • stable: 13.7
  • testing: 14.1
  • unstable: 14.1
versioned links
  • 2.25: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.28: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 13.7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 14.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • debian-history (4 bugs: 0, 0, 4, 0)
action needed
lintian reports 1 error and 1 warning high
Lintian reports 1 error and 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2026-08-13 Last update: 2026-09-14 19:01
2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-15 22:00
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that debian-history depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • dblatex (#942402)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: dblatex
  • docbook-xsl (#802370)
    • Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xsl
Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-09-15 21:00
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 14.2, 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 0ae64bd168bd71197e57f6eca51d9fdecb5cb0c0
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Thu Sep 10 07:08:44 2026 +0200

    wrap, add title

commit 21f569671b52e4fb05b6d14161034744fcaabad4
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 9 22:17:31 2026 +0200

    Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 15:46:22 -0400
    From: Larry Murdock
    To: Joost van Baal-Ilić
    Subject: Ian -- 2 txt file
    Message-ID: <CAKjEKvkKx47wYuJ5X3MWMnBWW8HQap91yLDMXSZ_=enX+WE=XA@mail.gmail.com>
    
    the second installment of the Ian story as told by his father.

commit cb5b9993b8db017fb5967a0d484687f557f07a2e
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 8 13:09:53 2026 +0200

    as ACKed by Larry in private email Message-ID:
    <CAKjEKvm1j1zG4x6fp-WdNPWrDkj2dX2BhQmMrg5OBR00sO97xw@mail.gmail.com>
    , Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 07:05:39 -0400

commit 052d1d727154d46a4a85c4f019e2acc97adae600
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Tue Sep 8 05:36:03 2026 +0200

    wrap

commit 8bfbe7d019dd22ca3375c082af0e98557b872ea7
Merge: 5d3f6ca 51cb5b8
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Tue Sep 8 05:32:30 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'master' of salsa.debian.org:publicity-team/debian-history

commit 5d3f6cafa1d9ed572e1080abc302979a705305d1
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Tue Sep 8 05:31:48 2026 +0200

    as contributed by Larry Murdock, in private email Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026
    17:18:29 -0400, Message-ID:
    <CAKjEKvnTB1tggc4Ju0z3hVUqi8eV44PG1oRC8mgC-VzQXC1-Ow@mail.gmail.com>

commit 51cb5b8df6275645fb08d7c998ce74f31cb7089d
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 1 19:46:51 2026 +0200

    German translation update

commit e4ff5a08e37fbb1ed4705b11d561d62fb12a630c
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Thu Aug 20 08:32:45 2026 +0200

    contribution by Larry Murdock, WiP

commit 50771787d9dc39dda0932b41b8406ef597287c5a
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Sun Aug 16 19:57:26 2026 +0200

    po4a/po/pt.po: Update European Portuguese translation, thanks to Américo Monteiro (Closes: #1144562)

commit 3882d7e3e52105f261587786716a60f76d2ed9c4
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Sun Aug 16 19:56:09 2026 +0200

    Bug#1144562: debian-history: [INTL:pt] Américo Monteiro

commit 4098d71438883a513a3c28f685321145f1264c64
Author: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb@agni.mdcc.cx>
Date:   Thu Aug 13 07:49:41 2026 +0200

    more stuff to do for debian 14 release


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/publicity-team%2Fdebian-history API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2026-08-13 Last update: 2026-09-15 11:51
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 4.6.2).
Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2026-08-13 00:18
news
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  • [2026-08-19] debian-history 14.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-08-12] Accepted debian-history 14.1 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2025-06-06] debian-history 13.7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-05-17] Accepted debian-history 13.7 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2025-05-17] Accepted debian-history 13.6 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2025-05-13] Accepted debian-history 13.5 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2025-05-04] Accepted debian-history 13.4 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2025-04-02] debian-history 13.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-30] Accepted debian-history 13.3 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2024-08-09] debian-history 13.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-08-07] Accepted debian-history 13.1 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2024-07-30] debian-history 13.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-07-28] Accepted debian-history 13.0 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
  • [2023-02-26] debian-history 2.28 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-02-15] Accepted debian-history 2.28 (source) into unstable (Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez) (signed by: Ana Beatriz Guerrero López)
  • [2023-02-10] Accepted debian-history 2.27 (source all) into unstable (Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez) (signed by: Ana Beatriz Guerrero López)
  • [2021-10-31] debian-history 2.26 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-10-26] Accepted debian-history 2.26 (source) into unstable (Bdale Garbee)
  • [2020-09-20] debian-history 2.25 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-09-14] Accepted debian-history 2.25 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
  • [2020-04-23] debian-history 2.24 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-04-18] Accepted debian-history 2.24 (source) into unstable (Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
  • [2018-09-29] debian-history 2.23 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-09-23] Accepted debian-history 2.23 (source all) into unstable (Osamu Aoki)
  • [2018-09-23] Accepted debian-history 2.22 (source all) into unstable (Osamu Aoki)
  • [2017-02-04] debian-history 2.21 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-01-24] Accepted debian-history 2.21 (source) into unstable (Martin Michlmayr)
  • [2016-02-25] debian-history 2.20 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-02-19] Accepted debian-history 2.20 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
  • [2013-06-12] debian-history 2.19 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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  • all: 4
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 0
  • M&W: 4
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 2
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