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general

source: base-installer (main)
version: 1.228
maintainer: Debian Install System Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Petter Reinholdtsen [DMD] – Colin Watson [DMD] – dann frazier [DMD] – Steve McIntyre [DMD]
arch: all any
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.206
oldstable: 1.213
stable: 1.226
testing: 1.228
unstable: 1.228

versioned links

1.206: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.213: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.226: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.228: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

base-installer (33 bugs: 0, 21, 12, 0)
bootstrap-base (1 bugs: 0, 1, 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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.7.3 instead of ).

Created: 2014-07-01 Last update: 2026-01-23 16:02

8 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 8 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-02-07 01:00

1 new commit 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 4aa7822c3acdcadc36774f3ca1d09bd4c3d6f83a
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 28 20:14:40 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

Created: 2026-01-28 Last update: 2026-02-06 20:34

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-01-23 Last update: 2026-01-23 22:01

6 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 6 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-08-19 06:28

news

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[2026-01-28] base-installer 1.228 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-23] Accepted base-installer 1.228 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2026-01-01] base-installer 1.227 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-26] Accepted base-installer 1.227 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-07-26] base-installer 1.226 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-07-20] Accepted base-installer 1.226 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-06-30] base-installer 1.225 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-25] Accepted base-installer 1.225 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-05-15] base-installer 1.224 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-10] Accepted base-installer 1.224 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-04-06] base-installer 1.223 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-31] Accepted base-installer 1.223 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-02-08] base-installer 1.222 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-02] Accepted base-installer 1.222 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-12-08] base-installer 1.221 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-29] Accepted base-installer 1.221 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-11-20] base-installer 1.220 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-14] Accepted base-installer 1.220 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-11-08] base-installer 1.219 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-02] Accepted base-installer 1.219 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2024-06-03] base-installer 1.218 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-28] Accepted base-installer 1.218 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-01-10] base-installer 1.217 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-04] Accepted base-installer 1.217 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2023-09-29] base-installer 1.216 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-23] Accepted base-installer 1.216 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2023-09-11] base-installer 1.215 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-05] Accepted base-installer 1.215 (source) into unstable (Aurelien Jarno)
[2023-08-29] base-installer 1.214 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-24] Accepted base-installer 1.214 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 34
RC: 0
I&N: 21
M&W: 13
F&P: 0
patch: 8

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