libcap-ng - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libcap-ng (main)
version: 0.8.5-4
maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen (DMD)
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.7.9-2.2
oldstable: 0.8.3-1
stable: 0.8.5-4
testing: 0.8.5-4
unstable: 0.8.5-4

versioned links

0.7.9-2.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.8.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.8.5-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libcap-ng-dev
libcap-ng-utils
libcap-ng0
python3-cap-ng

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 0.9 high

A new upstream version 0.9 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-01-14 Last update: 2026-01-15 21:30

8 new commits 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 a98ca98219f3d93a1a8d568841eda9496921e770
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 19:35:46 2026 +0100

    Use CI pipeline from file, not URL

commit d9e974c40c35e74c4cda25eeea7c5f5400d47a40
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 19:28:08 2026 +0100

    Run wrap-and-sort with arguments 'asbkt'

commit 4ee12df55c0eb3581dc5da929a8ecf57d26e3cf9
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 19:20:13 2026 +0100

    Update d/watch to version 5

commit 39dc7a9d8ba887cf16d810a89d9106adb44a5342
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 19:16:45 2026 +0100

    Update Standards-Version to 4.7.3

commit 8d17d25e59e41d19633c6542cbc79c5f2b0359a5
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 19:16:14 2026 +0100

    Remove priority, optional is now default

commit 9c87878d24fa4a2c128b1d1df60dd097dccaec35
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Wed Jan 14 21:58:11 2026 +0100

    Bump copyright year on myself

commit 5bf322dc3ad7dc2b56816deab8432edff2d92ec1
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Wed Jan 14 21:57:39 2026 +0100

    Remove RRR, value is now default

commit 86f64cfd4c43ace7e63201815af7e742b95a5871
Author: Håvard F. Aasen <havard.f.aasen@pfft.no>
Date:   Wed Jan 14 21:56:53 2026 +0100

    Update d/copyright to remove old fsf address

Created: 2026-01-15 Last update: 2026-01-15 21:02

lintian reports 1 warning normal

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

Created: 2025-04-11 Last update: 2025-04-11 08:01

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

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[2024-11-30] libcap-ng 0.8.5-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-27] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-4 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-10-23] libcap-ng 0.8.5-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-20] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-3 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-08-23] libcap-ng 0.8.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-18] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-2 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-04-22] libcap-ng 0.8.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-17] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-02-13] libcap-ng 0.8.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-07] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.4-2 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2023-12-28] libcap-ng 0.8.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-23] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.4-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2023-12-09] libcap-ng 0.8.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-03] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.3-3 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2023-11-27] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.3-2 (source) into experimental (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2022-06-28] libcap-ng 0.8.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-23] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.3-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2022-06-23] libcap-ng 0.7.9-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-18] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-4 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2022-06-17] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-3 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2020-06-08] libcap-ng 0.7.9-2.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-06-02] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-2.2 (source) into unstable (Håvard Flaget Aasen) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2019-10-30] libcap-ng 0.7.9-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-10-24] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-2.1 (source) into unstable (Sandro Tosi)
[2019-01-19] libcap-ng 0.7.9-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-14] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Pierre Chifflier)
[2018-05-04] libcap-ng 0.7.9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-28] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Pierre Chifflier)
[2017-10-28] libcap-ng 0.7.7-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-10-27] libcap-ng 0.7.7-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

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