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source: knews (main)
version: 1.0b.1-39
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: 1.0b.1-33
oldstable: 1.0b.1-35
stable: 1.0b.1-39
testing: 1.0b.1-39
unstable: 1.0b.1-39

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1.0b.1-33: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.0b.1-35: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.0b.1-39: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

knews (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.7.2 instead of 3.9.6).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2025-03-24 01:58

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 1.0b.1-40, 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 2acf7512907ca21ba79f8d5b19687824abecde3c
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Nov 23 11:42:35 2025 +0000

    Drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no", default as of dpkg-dev 1.22.13

Created: 2025-11-23 Last update: 2025-11-23 13:32

lintian reports 3 warnings normal

Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-03-24 Last update: 2025-04-10 14:00

RFA: The maintainer is looking for someone adopt this package. normal

The current maintainer is looking for someone who can take over maintenance of this package. If you are interested in this package, please consider taking it over. Alternatively you may want to be co-maintainer in order to help the actual maintainer. Please see bug number #140577 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:26

debian/patches: 16 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 16 debian patches available in version 1.0b.1-39 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

16 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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-03-24 06:29

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[2025-03-29] knews 1.0b.1-39 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-23] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-39 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-07-09] knews 1.0b.1-38 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-03] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-38 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-05-03] knews 1.0b.1-37 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-13] knews REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-13] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-37 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-01-01] knews 1.0b.1-36 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-26] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-36 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2022-12-25] knews 1.0b.1-35 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-19] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-35 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2022-12-08] knews 1.0b.1-34.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-02] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-34.1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2021-12-31] knews 1.0b.1-34 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-26] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-34 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-02-19] knews 1.0b.1-33 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-08] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-33 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2018-11-02] knews 1.0b.1-32 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-10-27] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-32 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2016-02-02] knews 1.0b.1-31 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-01-27] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-31 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2015-04-27] knews 1.0b.1-30 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-03-14] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-30 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2014-02-02] knews 1.0b.1-29 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-01-27] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-29 (source i386) (Colin Watson)
[2012-03-18] knews 1.0b.1-28 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-03-07] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-28 (source i386) (Colin Watson)
[2012-03-05] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-27 (source i386) (Colin Watson)
[2011-10-07] knews 1.0b.1-26 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-09-27] Accepted knews 1.0b.1-26 (source i386) (Colin Watson)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 3
RC: 0
I&N: 3
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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