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source: brightnessctl (main)
version: 0.5.1-3.1
maintainer: nicoo (DMD) (LowNMU)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.4-1
oldstable: 0.5.1-3
stable: 0.5.1-3
testing: 0.5.1-3.1
unstable: 0.5.1-3.1

versioned links

0.4-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.5.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.5.1-3.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

brightness-udev
brightnessctl (2 bugs: 0, 0, 2, 0)

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18 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 147fff6b2ab0a95958f16361ce883899a9406bdc
Merge: 4636e6a cb6e303
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Jan 4 18:34:02 2025 +0000

    Merge branch 'nmu-0.5.1-3.1' into 'debian/sid'
    
    Delegate placement of udev files to udev.pc
    
    See merge request debian/brightnessctl!9

commit cb6e303d5c596cd7ec39bd818409693da2bb9fa5
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 15 00:43:48 2023 +0100

    Update changelog for 0.5.1-3.1 release

commit 717058b220c8a3c331e119028e74fb425520fe47
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 15 00:43:06 2023 +0100

    Delegate placement of udev files to udev.pc
    
    Closes: #1057229

commit 4636e6a1ee2dfcbaa4120aedf269fe6a5399e4b0
Merge: 4f8d0dc 308d6e7
Author: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 14 23:41:37 2023 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'debian/sid'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/brightnessctl!8

commit 308d6e7bbb9a74caba218b66ac4cc24ee5ad62a5
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Mar 20 13:33:23 2023 +0000

    Set upstream metadata fields: Repository.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: upstream-metadata-missing-repository
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-missing-repository.html

commit 31c736589013fcc958d65e9e26533af584390dd9
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Thu Jan 5 19:34:37 2023 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.6.2, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit dd07edffd841ea772108382ada767cf2a52e8147
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Thu Jan 5 19:34:36 2023 +0000

    Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Database, Bug-Submit, Repository-Browse.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: upstream-metadata-file-is-missing
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-file-is-missing.html
    Fixes: lintian: upstream-metadata-missing-bug-tracking
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-missing-bug-tracking.html

commit 13bf03f2a7caabfa0914f2d24a1171c69a169cff
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Thu Jan 5 19:34:28 2023 +0000

    Strip unusual field spacing from debian/control.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-control-has-unusual-field-spacing
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-control-has-unusual-field-spacing.html

commit 4f8d0dcf5926296dfb577fc49435e6364b508fd1
Merge: 1a8ad12 8b04416
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 15:29:13 2020 +0000

    Merge branch 'v0.5.1-3' into 'debian/sid'
    
    Prepare upload v0.5.1-3
    
    See merge request debian/brightnessctl!7

commit 8b044161d994ec630f529f514c0a816bef3dac0c
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 16:21:35 2020 +0100

    Prepare upload v0.5.1-3

commit b3c6965e2b8a2cfd43c8b3bc50fe1498866509b3
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 16:19:51 2020 +0100

    d/patches: Update metadata, patch forwarded upstream

commit 1a8ad12d66b1fa6a605b687c1ce9424a0fb27ec7
Merge: b03ef91 8693fa9
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 15:05:24 2020 +0000

    Merge branch 'tidy' into 'debian/sid'
    
    Minor cleanups
    
    See merge request debian/brightnessctl!6

commit 8693fa9e55c81868164fc65f0d9235c2ed29b509
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 12:49:47 2020 +0100

    d/changelog: Update maintainer's name and email address

commit 14e3629c64c393ba09fbf66fc9df640ff6a8e71c
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 12:37:09 2020 +0100

    d/control: Declare compliance with policy v4.5.1
    
    No change required

commit 5fb42c2c3d58263ac50a0192cef6086359d91659
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 12:36:17 2020 +0100

    Switch to debhelper 13
    
    `dh_missing --fail-missing` is now the default.

commit b03ef917b92ce49337c5732a29da0da9e2155a16
Merge: 5f0ba47 7dddcaf
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 30 11:41:24 2020 +0000

    Merge branch 'bug-970849' into 'debian/sid'
    
    brightness-udev: Use external helper to avoid errors on certain hardware
    
    See merge request debian/brightnessctl!5

commit 7dddcaf56135c99ba6a0d62dc79a7e5cafe1fbbe
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Nov 25 15:16:46 2020 +0100

    brightness-udev: Do not print the name of devices in postinst

commit eac3bca2bb514baf912f1ab87b1fee54a23d7b36
Author: nicoo <nicoo@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Nov 25 12:30:33 2020 +0100

    brightness-udev: Use external helper to avoid errors on certain hardware
    
    Closes: #970849

Created: 2020-11-30 Last update: 2025-05-07 12:04

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 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:25

news

[2023-12-30] brightnessctl 0.5.1-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-25] Accepted brightnessctl 0.5.1-3.1 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2020-12-11] brightnessctl 0.5.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-30] Accepted brightnessctl 0.5.1-3 (source) into unstable (nicoo) (signed by: nicoo@debian.org)
[2020-02-23] brightnessctl 0.5.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-02-17] Accepted brightnessctl 0.5.1-2 (source) into unstable (nicoo) (signed by: nicoo@debian.org)
[2020-02-17] brightnessctl 0.5.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-02-12] Accepted brightnessctl 0.5.1-1 (source) into unstable (Nicolas Braud-Santoni) (signed by: nicoo@debian.org)
[2019-08-05] brightnessctl 0.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-30] Accepted brightnessctl 0.4-2 (source) into unstable (Nicolas Braud-Santoni)
[2019-02-18] brightnessctl 0.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-07] Accepted brightnessctl 0.4-1 (source) into unstable (Nicolas Braud-Santoni)
[2018-05-06] brightnessctl 0.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-01] Accepted brightnessctl 0.3.2-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Nicolas Braud-Santoni) (signed by: Jonathan Carter)
[2018-02-18] brightnessctl 0.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-13] Accepted brightnessctl 0.3.1-1 (source all amd64) into unstable (Nicolas Braud-Santoni) (signed by: Jonathan Carter)
[2017-11-17] brightnessctl 0.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-11-06] Accepted brightnessctl 0.3-1 (source all amd64) into unstable, unstable (Nicolas Braud-Santoni) (signed by: Jonathan Carter)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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