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general

source: base-installer (main)
version: 1.229
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: 1.229
unstable: 1.229

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

binaries

base-installer (34 bugs: 0, 22, 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Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.7.4 instead of ).

Created: 2014-07-01 Last update: 2026-05-14 04:31

8 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-07-02 14:30

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 1.230, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 2b3db81611027a253be0396503c5633ca0c95a02
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 23 22:35:37 2026 +0200

    Changelog entry for MR14

commit 139ebce6fb0447210ca23a57a5eab898d8a63f05
Merge: eb0c99c 57866b5
Author: Holger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 23 22:08:17 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'pham/fix-template-type' into 'master'
    
    Templates: Change base-installer/kernel/altmeta type to "string"
    
    See merge request installer-team/base-installer!14

commit 57866b524fd9cb1fb4f61b9ae521bd7d89ec4dc6
Author: Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Date:   Fri Jun 19 22:22:05 2026 +0200

    bootstrap-base.templates: Change base-installer/kernel/altmeta type to "string"
    
    This is a preseedable item, not a text.

commit eb0c99c3c3a03d13553ba09864d4491701deacd9
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Thu Jun 18 20:14:52 2026 +0000

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

commit 58d516ba3b643aab1f2985d862172b00cafe58ca
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Sat May 23 20:14:49 2026 +0000

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

Created: 2026-05-23 Last update: 2026-06-30 13:33

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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[2026-05-20] base-installer 1.229 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-13] Accepted base-installer 1.229 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 35
RC: 0
I&N: 22
M&W: 13
F&P: 0
patch: 8

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