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source: helpman (main)
version: 2.4-1
maintainer: Nathan SR (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.1.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.4-1
oldstable: 2.4-1
stable: 2.4-1
testing: 2.4-1
unstable: 2.4-1

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2.4-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

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helpman

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In debian/watch no matching files for watch line
  https://git.fosscommunity.in/SRNathan/Helpman/tags .*/archive.tar.gz\?ref=(.*)

Created: 2020-06-29 Last update: 2025-05-20 08:31

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 2.4-2, 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 92f8156d2a7d54f9b7a7750f7ff6fc5a14671105
Merge: fc2e990 4ee0466
Author: Jelmer Vernooĳ <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 1 16:17:56 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/helpman!1

commit 4ee04660eee0b02b96591bdb3cb0cfe953a36158
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Fri Sep 2 05:15:02 2022 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.1.5, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit 71d48dfde1686ff70b77ffd862926580e356afdb
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Fri Sep 2 05:14:57 2022 +0000

    Set field Upstream-Name in debian/copyright.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush

commit c2fad997addc31a70106099e190a6eab0d0bb6ea
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Fri Sep 2 05:14:57 2022 +0000

    Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: uses-debhelper-compat-file
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/uses-debhelper-compat-file.html

commit 2acf62fbe4ecc50a7af90f2ed5c211cc038cabd5
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Fri Sep 2 05:14:57 2022 +0000

    Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 13.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version.html

commit fc2e9904c4330dce25a93dda2458a7b4b7a2219d
Author: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 10:44:30 2018 +0200

    d/rules: Remove trailing whitespaces

commit 1a32803067dbf907be1c194a33c1cf924750cf7d
Author: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 10:44:30 2018 +0200

    d/control: Remove trailing whitespaces

commit 3e2b757ee72cda9c29081d94cd0830bd6a43b859
Author: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 10:44:29 2018 +0200

    d/changelog: Remove trailing whitespaces

commit dc772e4a2cab14715c6d8bcc3479ecdc9dfa59f9
Author: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 10:44:27 2018 +0200

    d/copyright: Use https protocol in Format field

Created: 2018-10-01 Last update: 2025-05-15 07:31

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2020-07-29 Last update: 2021-11-05 04:33

AppStream hints: 4 warnings normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

helpman: 4 warnings

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

Created: 2021-02-27 Last update: 2021-06-26 08:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.1.4).

Created: 2018-08-20 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24

news

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[2018-05-23] helpman 2.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-13] Accepted helpman 2.4-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan SR) (signed by: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil)
[2018-05-06] helpman 2.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-26] Accepted helpman 2.2-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan SR) (signed by: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil)
[2018-01-07] helpman 2.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-28] Accepted helpman 2.1-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan SR) (signed by: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil)
[2017-12-26] helpman 1.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-15] Accepted helpman 1.0-2 (source) into unstable (Nathan SR) (signed by: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil)
[2017-12-14] Accepted helpman 1.0-1 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Nathan SR) (signed by: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil)

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all: 0

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