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source: halibut (main)
version: 1.3-5
maintainer: Colin Watson (DMD) (LowNMU)
arch: any
std-ver: 3.9.6
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.2-4
oldstable: 1.3-2
stable: 1.3-2
testing: 1.3-5
unstable: 1.3-5

versioned links

1.2-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.3-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.3-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

halibut (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/ failed: 500 Can't connect to www.chiark.greenend.org.uk:443 (Connection timed out)

Created: 2025-12-12 Last update: 2025-12-12 07:00

Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 3.9.6).

Created: 2017-06-18 Last update: 2025-10-13 19:31

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 1.3-5 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2025-09-01 Last update: 2025-10-13 20:34

news

[2025-10-18] halibut 1.3-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-13] Accepted halibut 1.3-5 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2025-09-06] halibut 1.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-01] Accepted halibut 1.3-3 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-12-30] halibut 1.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-25] Accepted halibut 1.3-2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-11-05] halibut 1.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-30] Accepted halibut 1.3-1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-09-30] halibut 1.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-24] Accepted halibut 1.2-5 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-02-12] halibut 1.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-06] Accepted halibut 1.2-4 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-04-23] halibut 1.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-04-17] Accepted halibut 1.2-3 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2018-05-10] halibut 1.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-05] Accepted halibut 1.2-2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2017-06-23] halibut 1.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-06-18] Accepted halibut 1.2-1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2016-01-22] halibut 1.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-01-16] Accepted halibut 1.1-4 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2016-01-10] halibut 1.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-01-04] Accepted halibut 1.1-3 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2015-11-12] halibut 1.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-11-06] Accepted halibut 1.1-2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2015-08-27] halibut 1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-08-21] Accepted halibut 1.1-1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2014-10-17] halibut 1.0+svn20090906-9 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-06] Accepted halibut 1.0+svn20090906-9 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2014-02-22] halibut 1.0+svn20090906-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-02-16] Accepted halibut 1.0+svn20090906-8 (source i386) (Colin Watson)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1
RC: 0
I&N: 0
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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