Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy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 4.1.4 instead of
3.9.8).
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer
normal
The packages that base-passwd depends on which need a new maintainer are:
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