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general

source: devscripts (main)
version: 2.26.13
maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: Holger Levsen [DMD] – Benjamin Drung [DMD] – Mattia Rizzolo [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.21.3+deb11u1
oldstable: 2.23.4+deb12u2
old-bpo: 2.25.15~bpo12+1
stable: 2.25.15+deb13u1
stable-bpo: 2.26.11~bpo13+1
testing: 2.26.13
unstable: 2.26.13

versioned links

2.21.3+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.23.4+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.25.15~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.25.15+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.26.11~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.26.13: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

devscripts (547 bugs: 1, 220, 326, 0)

action needed

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-8454: It was discovered that uscan, a tool to scan/watch upstream sources for new releases of software, included in devscripts (a collection of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier), skips OpenPGP verification if the upstream source is already downloaded from a previous run even if the verification failed back then.

Created: 2025-07-14 Last update: 2026-10-08 15:02

1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-8454: It was discovered that uscan, a tool to scan/watch upstream sources for new releases of software, included in devscripts (a collection of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier), skips OpenPGP verification if the upstream source is already downloaded from a previous run even if the verification failed back then.

Created: 2025-08-09 Last update: 2026-10-08 15:02

2 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 2 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2025-08-23 Last update: 2026-10-18 22:00

38 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 38 bugs (40 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-10-18 22:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that devscripts depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-10-18 21:02

27 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 27 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2026-09-28 Last update: 2026-10-14 19:32

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 2.26.14, 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 aa44a4db58ef8fb997dea007dc2092ba22abb4b8
Merge: 8028edcb 0d652029
Author: Yadd <yadd@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 11 21:35:42 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'uscan-download-compat'

commit 8028edcbb1ed11964fabe0e7b630586df1b264a7
Author: Xavier Guimard <yadd@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 11 21:27:04 2026 +0200

    uscan: add --download-compat-version option

commit 0d65202974f84def1f5785535bf0bf30ac78702a
Author: Yadd <yadd@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 11 17:55:46 2026 +0200

    uscan: add --download-compat-version option

commit ac4a20a8797446eb17aebe4c9fc11abf0e6bb21d
Author: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 1 10:46:36 2026 +0200

    Start 2.26.14 development.
    
    d/changelog entries will be written on release
    using the git commit messages.
    
    Use 'gbp dch --since v2.26.13 --multimaint-merge'
    to write d/changelog entries since that last release.
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore
    Signed-off-by: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>

Created: 2026-01-08 Last update: 2026-10-14 19:32

1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-8454: (needs triaging) It was discovered that uscan, a tool to scan/watch upstream sources for new releases of software, included in devscripts (a collection of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier), skips OpenPGP verification if the upstream source is already downloaded from a previous run even if the verification failed back then.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-08-09 Last update: 2026-10-08 15:02

news

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[2026-10-09] devscripts 2.26.13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-10-01] Accepted devscripts 2.26.13 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-09-22] devscripts 2.26.12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-09-18] Accepted devscripts 2.26.12 (source) into unstable (Benjamin Drung)
[2026-08-23] Accepted devscripts 2.26.11~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2026-08-21] devscripts 2.26.11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-16] Accepted devscripts 2.26.11 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-07-08] devscripts 2.26.10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-06] Accepted devscripts 2.26.10 (source) into unstable (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2026-06-22] Accepted devscripts 2.26.9~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Christoph Berg)
[2026-05-27] devscripts 2.26.9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-17] Accepted devscripts 2.26.9 (source) into unstable (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2026-05-13] Accepted devscripts 2.26.8 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-04-03] Accepted devscripts 2.26.7~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2026-04-03] devscripts 2.26.7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-31] Accepted devscripts 2.26.7 (source) into unstable (Benjamin Drung)
[2026-03-12] Accepted devscripts 2.26.6~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2026-03-12] devscripts 2.26.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-09] Accepted devscripts 2.26.6 (source) into unstable (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2026-01-20] devscripts 2.26.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-18] Accepted devscripts 2.26.5 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-01-18] devscripts 2.26.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-12] Accepted devscripts 2.26.4 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-01-10] devscripts 2.26.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-08] Accepted devscripts 2.26.3 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-01-07] Accepted devscripts 2.26.2 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-01-07] devscripts 2.26.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-04] Accepted devscripts 2.26.1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2026-01-01] devscripts 2.25.33 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-29] Accepted devscripts 2.25.33 (source) into unstable (Daniel Gröber)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 539 554
RC: 1
I&N: 218 223
M&W: 319 329
F&P: 1
patch: 38 40
help: 2
NC: 1

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ubuntu

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version: 2.26.11ubuntu1
45 bugs (1 patch)
patches for 2.26.11ubuntu1