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general

source: debian-faq (main)
version: 13.1
maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña (DMD)
uploaders: Josip Rodin [DMD] – Joost van Baal-Ilić [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]

o-o-stable: 10.1
oldstable: 11.1
stable: 12.2
testing: 13.1
unstable: 13.1

versioned links

10.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
11.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
12.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
13.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

debian-faq (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
debian-faq-de
debian-faq-fr
debian-faq-it
debian-faq-ja
debian-faq-ko
debian-faq-nl
debian-faq-pt
debian-faq-ru
debian-faq-zh-cn

action needed

Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2026-05-04 Last update: 2026-05-13 20:31

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that debian-faq depends on which need a new maintainer are:

dblatex (#942402)
- Build-Depends-Indep: dblatex
docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml
docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xsl

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-05-13 20:30

2 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 f537eba0868426b848a538a7e6caac838aede952
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Sat Apr 11 22:04:31 2026 +0200

    German translation update

commit 1f443eebe58b95ab5ae17404b3391ced46ca2dd4
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Fri Apr 10 01:34:42 2026 +0200

    German translation update

Created: 2026-04-10 Last update: 2026-05-10 09:31

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-02-20] debian-faq 13.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-14] Accepted debian-faq 13.1 (source) into unstable (Joost van Baal-Ilić) (signed by: Joost van Baal)
[2024-10-06] debian-faq 12.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-30] Accepted debian-faq 12.2 (source) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2024-09-29] Accepted debian-faq 12.1 (source) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2022-06-05] debian-faq 11.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-31] Accepted debian-faq 11.1 (source) into unstable (Dr. Tobias Quathamer)
[2022-04-05] Accepted debian-faq 11.0 (source all) into unstable (Dr. Tobias Quathamer)
[2019-10-07] debian-faq 10.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-10-02] Accepted debian-faq 10.1 (source) into unstable (Dr. Tobias Quathamer)
[2019-02-25] debian-faq 9.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-15] Accepted debian-faq 9.0 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Dr. Tobias Quathamer)
[2016-09-03] debian-faq 8.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-08-28] Accepted debian-faq 8.1 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2015-05-07] debian-faq 8.0 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-05-01] Accepted debian-faq 8.0 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2014-10-26] debian-faq 5.0.3 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-16] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.3 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2014-10-13] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.2+nmu1 (source all) into unstable (Russell Stuart)
[2014-08-27] debian-faq REMOVED from testing (Britney)
[2013-06-15] debian-faq 5.0.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-06-04] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.2 (source all) (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2012-08-22] debian-faq 5.0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-08-11] Accepted debian-faq 5.0.1 (source all) (David Prévot)
[2011-09-07] debian-faq 5.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-08-27] Accepted debian-faq 5.0 (source all) (Simon Paillard)
[2010-02-06] debian-faq 4.0.4+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-01-26] Accepted debian-faq 4.0.4+nmu1 (source all) (Christoph Egger)
[2008-08-12] debian-faq 4.0.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-08-06] Accepted debian-faq 4.0.4 (source all) (Joost van Baal)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 4
RC: 0
I&N: 3
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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