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source: alien (main)
version: 8.95
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 3.9.6
VCS: Git (QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 8.92
oldstable: 8.95
stable: 8.95
testing: 8.95
unstable: 8.95
exp: 8.95.1

versioned links

8.92: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.95: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.95.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

alien (15 bugs: 0, 9, 6, 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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.5.0 instead of 3.9.6).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2020-01-21 05:06

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2020-06-28 Last update: 2020-08-07 18:01

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that alien depends on which need a new maintainer are:

rpm (#923352)
- Depends: rpm rpm2cpio

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2020-08-07 17:33

5 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 9b5622f8f289613ce806f390aa8fa4622d2a9a5c
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Mar 29 00:07:47 2020 -0400

    Deb.pm: Use dh sequencer in rules file; bump debhelper requirement to 10+

commit 88a0008668b09ca30d9837bf1d311e30fa099bff
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Mar 28 23:47:07 2020 -0400

    Rpm.pm: Do not ship conflicting dirs (Closes: #759533)
    
    See also: https://sourceforge.net/p/alien-pkg-convert/tickets/1/
    
    Generated RPM packages provides directories that conflict with
    the "filesystem" package. As a result, do not ship commonly-used
    directories.
    
    Patch provided by woob in the above ticket webpage.

commit a7be498dca460f9402bba62d2fc5952772b36708
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Mar 28 23:45:30 2020 -0400

    debian/changelog: Document changes in Vcs-* fields

commit f11a0077975744fea51816890e1efece2e4ebb4e
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Mar 28 23:40:53 2020 -0400

    debian/control,compat: Minor fixes

commit 9f53b73b582ed83ea65af951510b0cdf635b040a
Author: Fabiano Antunes <fabianoantunes@itgen.com.br>
Date:   Thu Sep 10 17:09:04 2015 -0300

    Import Debian version 8.95
    
    alien (8.95) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * QA upload.
      * debian/control:
          - Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.6.
          - Removed duplicated section field.
      * debian/copyright:
          - Replaced protocol from http to https in the Format field.
          - Included authors' e-mail addresses.
          - Replaced GPL-2+ license reference by actual GPL-2+ license.
      * debian/source/format: Created as 3.0 (native).
    
    alien (8.94) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * QA upload.
      * Fix "FTBFS with perl 5.22 in experimental (MakeMaker changes)":
        remove override_dh_auto_install in debian/rules, and
        use DESTDIR in Makefile.PL.
        (Closes: #792371)

Created: 2017-12-03 Last update: 2020-08-01 22:08

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2020-07-29 Last update: 2020-07-29 12:30

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #791522 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:25

news

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[2020-03-31] Accepted alien 8.95.1 (source) into experimental (Boyuan Yang)
[2015-09-17] alien 8.95 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-09-11] Accepted alien 8.95 (source all) into unstable (Fabiano Antunes) (signed by: Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2015-07-31] alien 8.94 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-07-25] Accepted alien 8.94 (source all) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
[2015-04-27] alien 8.93 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-11-07] Accepted alien 8.93 (source all) into unstable (Joey Hess)
[2014-09-06] alien 8.92 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-08-31] Accepted alien 8.92 (source all) into unstable (Joey Hess)
[2014-06-19] alien 8.91 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-06-13] Accepted alien 8.91 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2014-03-05] alien 8.90 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-02-27] Accepted alien 8.90 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2013-09-05] alien 8.89 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-08-26] Accepted alien 8.89 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2013-05-05] alien 8.88 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-08-09] Accepted alien 8.88 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2012-04-16] alien 8.87 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-04-05] Accepted alien 8.87 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2011-11-23] alien 8.86 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-11-12] Accepted alien 8.86 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2011-06-30] alien 8.85 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-06-19] Accepted alien 8.85 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2011-04-26] alien 8.84 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-04-15] Accepted alien 8.84 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2011-02-06] alien 8.83 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-09-09] Accepted alien 8.83 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2010-08-30] Accepted alien 8.82 (source all) (Joey Hess)
[2010-05-28] alien 8.81 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-05-18] Accepted alien 8.81 (source all) (Joey Hess)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 15
RC: 0
I&N: 9
M&W: 6
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 8.95
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