dhelp - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: dhelp (main)
version: 0.6.32
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 3.9.8
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.6.27
oldstable: 0.6.30
stable: 0.6.31
testing: 0.6.31
unstable: 0.6.32

versioned links

0.6.27: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.6.30: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.6.31: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.6.32: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

dhelp (13 bugs: 0, 8, 5, 0)

action needed

Standards version of the package is outdated. high

The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2025-09-15 12:06

AppStream hints: 1 error and 1 warning high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

dhelp: 1 error and 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:04

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

catdvi (#826917)
- Suggests: catdvi
swish++ (#738474)
- Depends: swish++
- Build-Depends: swish++
info2www (#1043190)
- Suggests: info2www

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2025-09-16 10:00

lintian reports 6 warnings normal

Lintian reports 6 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2023-01-03 Last update: 2025-09-15 16:32

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit f4df72f34df9ae7b8062a8bf1f48f63159492026
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 14 21:36:32 2025 +0200

    fix date that annoys git debpush

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fdhelp API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 408.

Created: 2025-05-04 Last update: 2025-09-15 10:32

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #824977 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:25

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for dhelp (0.6.31 to 0.6.32): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 2 days old
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/d/dhelp.html
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for dhelp/0.6.32: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Required age reduced by 3 days because of autopkgtest
- Not considered

news

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[2025-09-14] Accepted dhelp 0.6.32 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Detiste)
[2025-05-15] dhelp 0.6.31 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-04] Accepted dhelp 0.6.31 (source) into unstable (Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2023-01-05] dhelp 0.6.30 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-02] Accepted dhelp 0.6.30 (source) into unstable (Antonio Terceiro)
[2022-12-31] Accepted dhelp 0.6.29 (source) into unstable (Antonio Terceiro)
[2022-05-31] dhelp 0.6.28 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-25] Accepted dhelp 0.6.28 (source) into unstable (Jelmer Vernooĳ) (signed by: Jelmer Vernooij)
[2021-07-21] dhelp 0.6.27 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-07-13] Accepted dhelp 0.6.27 (source) into unstable (Håvard Flaget Aasen) (signed by: Adam Borowski)
[2019-07-09] dhelp 0.6.26 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-06-28] dhelp REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-06-24] Accepted dhelp 0.6.26 (source) into unstable (Nicholas Guriev) (signed by: Andrej Shadura)
[2018-04-23] dhelp 0.6.25 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-17] Accepted dhelp 0.6.25 (source) into unstable (Iain Lane)
[2017-06-20] dhelp 0.6.24 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-04-29] Accepted dhelp 0.6.24 (source) into unstable (Nicholas Guriev) (signed by: Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2017-04-27] Accepted dhelp 0.6.23 (source) into unstable (Nicholas Guriev) (signed by: Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2017-04-26] Accepted dhelp 0.6.22 (source) into unstable (Nicholas Guriev) (signed by: Adam Borowski)
[2017-01-14] dhelp REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-29] dhelp 0.6.21+nmu7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-07] Accepted dhelp 0.6.21+nmu7 (source) into unstable (Ondřej Surý)
[2015-08-22] dhelp REMOVED from testing (Britney)
[2014-12-23] dhelp 0.6.21+nmu6 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-12-17] Accepted dhelp 0.6.21+nmu6 (source all) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
[2014-10-28] dhelp 0.6.21+nmu5 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-17] Accepted dhelp 0.6.21+nmu5 (source all) into unstable (Helge Kreutzmann) (signed by: Tobias Quathamer)
[2014-05-27] dhelp 0.6.21+nmu4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-05-21] Accepted dhelp 0.6.21+nmu4 (source all) (David Suárez) (signed by: Cédric Boutillier)
[2013-12-15] dhelp REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 13
RC: 0
I&N: 8
M&W: 5
F&P: 0
patch: 0

links

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buildd: logs, reproducibility
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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 0.6.31
3 bugs