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  • source: devscripts (main)
  • version: 2.26.11
  • maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers (DMD)
  • uploaders: Mattia Rizzolo [DMD] – Holger Levsen [DMD] – Benjamin Drung [DMD]
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.7.3
  • 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: 2.26.9~bpo13+1
  • testing: 2.26.10
  • unstable: 2.26.11
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]
  • 2.26.9~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.26.10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.26.11: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • devscripts (535 bugs: 1, 212, 322, 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: 2026-08-16 17:30
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: 2026-08-16 17:30
4 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal
The BTS contains 4 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.
Created: 2025-08-23 Last update: 2026-08-18 23:30
37 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 37 bugs (39 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-18 23:30
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: 2026-08-18 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 2.26.12, 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 6bca1740d83fef450be1780a9b535635a1ac32cd
Author: Jochen Sprickerhof <jspricke@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Aug 18 06:37:13 2026 +0200

    debootsnap: add missing space

commit abce572e6f5ca071ff38b520be95bc79ccda8b73
Author: Yadnyesh Kolte <yadnyeshkolte@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Aug 16 12:33:13 2026 +0530

    getbuildlog: chomp versions before sorting so 'last' picks the newest
    
    (cherry picked from commit a7d1b173cdf7ba519bddb2041a2de63fc6e59d47)
    Signed-off-by: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>

commit cb1a022c8515f4ac0264fc503ab4a88092a265e3
Author: Yadnyesh Kolte <yadnyeshkolte@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Aug 16 12:30:25 2026 +0530

    getbuildlog: URL-encode package name when fetching the log index (Closes: #1120313)
    
    (cherry picked from commit 13117358a4df9e5090a605c39776e4279c9647db)
    Signed-off-by: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>

commit c778373fc78af48834c953e35a8363126b74f130
Author: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 16 09:55:37 2026 +0200

    Start 2.26.12 development.
    
    d/changelog entries will be written on release
    using the git commit messages.
    
    Use 'gbp dch --since v2.26.11 --multimaint-merge'
    to write d/changelog entries since that last release.
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore
    Signed-off-by: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fdevscripts API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2026-01-08 Last update: 2026-08-18 06:30
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: 2026-08-16 17:30
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).
Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-08-16 18:18
testing migrations
  • excuses:
    • Migration status for devscripts (2.26.10 to 2.26.11): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
    • Issues preventing migration:
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for autopkgtest/6.0: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for breezy-debian/2.8.81: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for debmake/5.1.5: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for debomatic/0.40-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for debsigs/0.2.2-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for debusine/0.15.0: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for devscripts/2.26.11: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dgit/16.7: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gem2deb/2.2.9: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for git-buildpackage/0.9.43: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for lava/2026.07-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for npm2deb/0.3.0-15: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openssh/1:10.4p1-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pkg-js-tools/0.17.7: armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pkg-perl-tools/0.88: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for sbuild/0.91.10: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for ubuntu-dev-tools/0.213: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Too young, only 3 of 5 days old
    • Additional info (not blocking):
    • ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/d/devscripts.html
    • ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
    • ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
    • ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
    • ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
    • Not considered
news
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  • [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)
  • [2025-12-22] Accepted devscripts 2.25.32 (source) into unstable (Daniel Gröber)
  • [2025-12-16] Accepted devscripts 2.25.31 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
  • [2025-12-12] devscripts 2.25.30 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-09] Accepted devscripts 2.25.30 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
  • [2025-12-09] devscripts 2.25.29 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-04] Accepted devscripts 2.25.29 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 527 543
  • RC: 1
  • I&N: 209 214
  • M&W: 315 325
  • F&P: 2 3
  • patch: 37 39
  • help: 4
  • NC: 3
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