hw-detect - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: hw-detect (main)
version: 1.177
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: 1.177
unstable: 1.177

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]
1.177: [.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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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: 2026-07-30 18:01

11 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-11 14:30

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 1.178, 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 aeb3b42588c6e0fdc40c2ab46d8beb6aa19d56ad
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 1 20:21:14 2026 +0000

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

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/installer-team%2Fhw-detect API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-09-01 Last update: 2026-09-09 06:02

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-07-30 Last update: 2026-07-30 22:18

news

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[2026-08-04] hw-detect 1.177 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-30] Accepted hw-detect 1.177 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2026-07-29] Accepted hw-detect 1.176 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2026-05-23] hw-detect 1.175 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-14] Accepted hw-detect 1.175 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

links

lintian (0, 1)
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