oss-preserve - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: oss-preserve (main)
version: 1.1-6.1
maintainer: Varun Hiremath (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Torsten Werner [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.4.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.1-6.1
oldstable: 1.1-6.1
stable: 1.1-6.1
unstable: 1.1-6.1

versioned links

1.1-6.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

oss-preserve (1 bugs: 1, 0, 0, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 1 error and 4 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 4 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2020-07-29 Last update: 2025-04-10 14:01

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 5-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2025-11-02 Last update: 2025-11-09 07:31

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 1.1-6.2, 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 0c5948f09662a3b98afcf00c14abfd5bbc8cec32
Merge: 8b69083 6f687af
Author: Jelmer Vernooĳ <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 1 21:13:15 2022 +0000

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

commit 6f687af0850fb678295d9de4fc3fc32e04e92f67
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Sep 5 06:05:40 2021 +0000

    Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag.html

commit de842c6f912489de46994471531f83bbbe8a4c8a
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Sep 5 06:05:40 2021 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.5.1, 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    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html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 a5a3fc3c43db53390125660934ed3b0ac9459241
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Sep 5 06:05:39 2021 +0000

    Trim trailing whitespace.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: trailing-whitespace
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/trailing-whitespace.html

Created: 2022-11-01 Last update: 2025-11-08 23:00

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 1.1-6.1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 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: 2023-02-26 15:54

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 4.4.1).

Created: 2020-01-21 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for oss-preserve (- to 1.1-6.1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating oss-preserve would introduce bugs in testing: #1039305
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/o/oss-preserve.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ 2187 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2025-11-03] oss-preserve REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-19] oss-preserve 1.1-6.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-13] Accepted oss-preserve 1.1-6.1 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
[2019-09-01] oss-preserve REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-04-28] oss-preserve 1.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-04-17] Accepted oss-preserve 1.1-6 (source amd64) (Varun Hiremath)
[2008-03-19] oss-preserve 1.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-03-08] Accepted oss-preserve 1.1-5 (source i386) (Torsten Werner)
[2006-09-17] oss-preserve 1.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-09-05] Accepted oss-preserve 1.1-4 (source i386) (Torsten Werner)
[2006-08-28] oss-preserve 1.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-08-15] Accepted oss-preserve 1.1-3 (source i386) (Chris Hanson)
[2006-07-30] oss-preserve 1.1-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-07-17] Accepted oss-preserve 1.1-2.1 (source i386) (Amaya Rodrigo Sastre)
[2002-02-08] Installed oss-preserve 1.1-2 (i386 source) (Chris Hanson)
[2001-11-23] Installed oss-preserve 1.1-1 (i386 source) (Chris Hanson)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1
RC: 1
I&N: 0
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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version: 1.1-6.1build2
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