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general

source: apt (main)
version: 3.1.12
maintainer: APT Development Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Julian Andres Klode [DMD] – Michael Vogt [DMD] – David Kalnischkies [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.1.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.2.4
oldstable: 2.6.1
stable: 3.0.3
testing: 3.1.12
unstable: 3.1.12

versioned links

2.2.4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.6.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.1.12: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

apt (1090 bugs: 1, 516, 573, 0)
apt-doc (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
apt-transport-https (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
apt-utils (41 bugs: 0, 23, 18, 0)
libapt-pkg-dev (7 bugs: 0, 0, 7, 0)
libapt-pkg-doc (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libapt-pkg7.0

action needed

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:16:12
Last run: 2025-12-17T17:41:50.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:17:51
Last run: 2025-11-26T08:17:07.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:21:58
Last run: 2025-12-14T04:57:00.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2025-03-24 Last update: 2025-12-18 20:32

lintian reports 7 errors and 20 warnings high

Lintian reports 7 errors and 20 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-10-26 Last update: 2025-12-15 21:00

52 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 52 bugs (56 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-12-18 21:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

db5.3 (#1055356)
- Depends: libdb5.3t64
db-defaults (#1055344)
- Build-Depends: libdb-dev
docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xml
docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2025-12-18 19:01

4 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 83b23f92d31e3c3e7940f1b4f758a6e0f36e72ce
Merge: b93156f9 289ba24f
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 16 13:35:52 2025 +0000

    Merge branch 'main' into 'main'
    
    Priority 1000 allows downgrades. Closes #1016967
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!537

commit 289ba24fa9dda634e842da9f6beb6d813f810280
Author: Daniel Lewart <lewart3@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Dec 16 02:35:50 2025 -0600

    Priority 1000 allows downgrades. Closes #1016967

commit b93156f900ec7bd0f778b1d3a4302441c73b4b52
Merge: 6b128124 94648d60
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 15 10:05:23 2025 +0000

    Merge branch 'docs/grammar' into 'main'
    
    Grammar fixes
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!535

commit 94648d60ac291e12453d76e350db1a59ed10862e
Author: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
Date:   Wed Dec 3 01:07:07 2025 +0200

    Grammar fixes

Created: 2025-12-15 Last update: 2025-12-16 14:31

20 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 20 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-12-08 21:02

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 4.1.1).

Created: 2018-01-04 Last update: 2025-11-10 17:01

news

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[2025-11-13] apt 3.1.12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-10] Accepted apt 3.1.12 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-28] apt 3.1.11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-26] Accepted apt 3.1.11 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-25] Accepted apt 3.1.10 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-24] apt 3.1.9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-21] Accepted apt 3.1.9 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-07] apt 3.1.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-04] Accepted apt 3.1.8 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-02] Accepted apt 3.1.7 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-02] apt 3.1.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-26] Accepted apt 3.1.6 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-09-02] apt 3.1.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-26] Accepted apt 3.1.5 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-08-17] apt 3.1.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-11] Accepted apt 3.1.4 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-06-30] apt 3.0.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-24] Accepted apt 3.1.3 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-06-24] Accepted apt 3.0.3 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-06-10] Accepted apt 3.1.2 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-06-10] Accepted apt 3.1.1 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-06-04] apt 3.0.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-25] Accepted apt 3.0.2 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-05-19] Accepted apt 3.1.0 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-05-06] apt 3.0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-25] Accepted apt 3.0.1 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-04-10] apt 3.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-04] Accepted apt 3.0.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-04-04] apt 2.9.35 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-27] Accepted apt 2.9.35 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1054 1169
RC: 1
I&N: 500 553
M&W: 552 614
F&P: 1
patch: 52 56
NC: 5

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version: 3.1.12
460 bugs (14 patches)