diffoscope - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: diffoscope (main)
version: 327
maintainer: Reproducible builds folks (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Chris Lamb [DMD] – Mattia Rizzolo [DMD] – Holger Levsen [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: 177
oldstable: 240+deb12u1
stable: 297+deb13u1
stable-bpo: 306~bpo13+1
unstable: 327

versioned links

177: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
240+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
297+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
306~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
327: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

diffoscope (30 bugs: 0, 13, 17, 0)
diffoscope-minimal (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)

action needed

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:07:55
Last run: 2026-07-17T22:36:36.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:01:59
Last run: 2026-08-05T03:23:40.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:04:22
Last run: 2026-07-17T17:45:52.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2026-06-17 Last update: 2026-08-13 00:33

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: 2026-08-08 Last update: 2026-08-08 04:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

db-defaults (#1055344)
- Recommends: db-util db-util
- Build-Depends: db-util

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-08-13 00:32

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 328, 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 36fd243a3385bf43e7679306fff51782d59d0307
Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 7 08:09:46 2026 -0700

    Open new changelog entry for version 328.
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/reproducible-builds%2Fdiffoscope API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2019-05-22 Last update: 2026-08-07 21:32

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migrates after: apksigcopier
- Migration status for diffoscope (- to 327): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for diffoscope/327: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Failed ♻, i386: Failed ♻, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Remove hint for (transitive) dependency: apksigcopier, diffoscope
- ∙ ∙ Build-Depends(-Arch): diffoscope apksigcopier (not considered)
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/d/diffoscope.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ 5 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-08-07] Accepted diffoscope 327 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-08-05] diffoscope 326 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-30] Accepted diffoscope 326 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-07-23] diffoscope 325 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-17] Accepted diffoscope 325 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-07-16] diffoscope 324 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-10] Accepted diffoscope 324 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-07-07] diffoscope 323 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-30] Accepted diffoscope 323 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-06-26] Accepted diffoscope 322 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-06-25] diffoscope 321 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-19] Accepted diffoscope 321 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-06-19] Accepted diffoscope 320 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-06-18] diffoscope 319 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-12] Accepted diffoscope 319 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-05-07] diffoscope 318 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-01] Accepted diffoscope 318 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-04-13] diffoscope 317 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-10] Accepted diffoscope 317 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-04-05] diffoscope 316 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-02] Accepted diffoscope 316 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-03-24] diffoscope 315 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-20] Accepted diffoscope 315 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-03-17] diffoscope 314 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-13] Accepted diffoscope 314 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-02-24] diffoscope 313 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-20] Accepted diffoscope 313 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-02-10] diffoscope 312 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-06] Accepted diffoscope 312 (source) into unstable (Chris Lamb)
[2026-01-26] diffoscope 311 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 33 34
RC: 0
I&N: 13
M&W: 20 21
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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