hw-detect - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: hw-detect (main)
version: 1.174
maintainer: Debian Install System Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Petter Reinholdtsen [DMD] – Colin Watson [DMD]
arch: all any
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.147
oldstable: 1.159
stable: 1.171
testing: 1.174
unstable: 1.174

versioned links

1.147: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.159: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.171: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.174: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

archdetect
disk-detect (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
driver-injection-disk-detect
ethdetect (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
hw-detect (40 bugs: 0, 28, 12, 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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.7.4 instead of ).

Created: 2014-09-09 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

lintian reports 1 error and 2 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-03-18 Last update: 2026-03-18 23:01

11 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 11 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-03 04:00

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 aa56682d966acff0d8c1b6af5a435571a840ce9e
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Sun Mar 22 20:23:08 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

Created: 2026-03-22 Last update: 2026-03-31 06:30

2 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 2 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2026-01-12 19:33

news

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[2026-03-24] hw-detect 1.174 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-18] Accepted hw-detect 1.174 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-12-01] hw-detect 1.173 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-25] Accepted hw-detect 1.173 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-10-17] hw-detect 1.172 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-11] Accepted hw-detect 1.172 (source) into unstable (Philip Hands)
[2025-08-04] hw-detect 1.171 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-02] Accepted hw-detect 1.171 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-07-26] hw-detect 1.170 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-07-20] Accepted hw-detect 1.170 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-06-30] hw-detect 1.169 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-27] Accepted hw-detect 1.169 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-05-14] hw-detect 1.168 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-13] Accepted hw-detect 1.168 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-04-12] hw-detect 1.167 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-06] Accepted hw-detect 1.167 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-04-06] hw-detect 1.166 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-01] Accepted hw-detect 1.166 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-02-12] hw-detect 1.165 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-06] Accepted hw-detect 1.165 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-12-05] hw-detect 1.164 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-29] Accepted hw-detect 1.164 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-11-08] hw-detect 1.163 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-02] Accepted hw-detect 1.163 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2024-09-16] hw-detect 1.162 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-10] Accepted hw-detect 1.162 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-06-03] hw-detect 1.161 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-28] Accepted hw-detect 1.161 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2023-09-29] hw-detect 1.160 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-23] Accepted hw-detect 1.160 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 45 46
RC: 0
I&N: 33 34
M&W: 12
F&P: 0
patch: 11

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