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source: biber (main)
version: 2.20-2
maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Norbert Preining [DMD] – Danai SAE-HAN (韓達耐) [DMD] – Hilmar Preusse [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

oldstable: 2.16-1
stable: 2.18-1
testing: 2.20-2
unstable: 2.20-2
exp: 2.21-1

versioned links

2.16-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.18-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.20-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.21-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

biber (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 2.21 high

A new upstream version 2.21 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-07-12 Last update: 2025-07-28 13:02

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 2.20-2 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: 2024-05-27 12:10

Standards version of the package is outdated.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 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:25

news

[2025-07-13] Accepted biber 2.21-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preuße)
[2024-07-06] biber 2.20-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-26] Accepted biber 2.20-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2024-04-21] Accepted biber 2.20-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-09-05] biber 2.19-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-27] Accepted biber 2.19-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2023-06-21] Accepted biber 2.19-1 (source) into experimental (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-07-28] biber 2.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-07-25] Accepted biber 2.18-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-03-25] biber 2.17-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-03-22] Accepted biber 2.17-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-02-11] biber 2.17-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-05] Accepted biber 2.17-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-01-28] Accepted biber 2.17-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2022-01-05] biber 2.16-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-31] Accepted biber 2.16-2 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2021-01-20] biber 2.16-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-20] biber 2.16-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-09] Accepted biber 2.16-1 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)
[2020-08-26] biber 2.15-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-21] Accepted biber 2.15-1 (source) into unstable (Norbert Preining)
[2020-08-17] biber 2.14+1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-17] biber 2.14+1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-12] Accepted biber 2.14+1-1 (source) into unstable (Norbert Preining) (signed by: Hilmar Preusse)
[2020-02-23] biber 2.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-02-10] Accepted biber 2.14-1 (source) into unstable (Norbert Preining)
[2019-09-05] biber 2.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-08-30] Accepted biber 2.13-1 (source) into unstable (Norbert Preining)
[2019-08-05] biber 2.12-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-30] Accepted biber 2.12-3 (source) into unstable (Hilmar Preusse)

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all: 2
RC: 0
I&N: 2
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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